Rotation sets for graph maps of degree 1

Annales de l'Institut Fourier, 58, No. 4, 1233-1294, 2008.

Abstract

For a continuous map on a topological graph containing a loop S it is possible to define the degree (with respect to the loop S) and, for a map of degree 1, rotation numbers. We study the rotation set of these maps and the periods of periodic points having a given rotation number. We show that, if the graph has a single loop S then the set of rotation numbers of points in S has some properties similar to the rotation set of a circle map; in particular it is a compact interval and for every rational \alpha in this interval there exists a periodic point of rotation number \alpha.

For a special class of maps called combed maps, the rotation set displays the same nice properties as the continuous degree one circle maps.

Paper: [arXiv:1901.01524] [pdf (published paper)]