On the set of pseudo-rotations on annulus
Speaker:
Zhiyuan Zhang, Institute for Advanced Study
Date and Time:
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
A homeomorphism of the annulus without any periodic point is called a pseudo-rotation. Each pseudo-rotation has a unique rotation number in R/Z. We show that for a Baire generic rotation number α∈R/Z, the set of area preserving C∞ pseudo-rotations of the annulus A with rotation number α equals to the closure of the set of area preserving C∞ pseudo-rotations which are smoothly conjugate to the rotation Rα. As a corollary, a C∞ generic area preserving pseudo-rotation of the annulus with a Baire generic rotation number is weakly mixing. This is a joint work with Barney Bramham.