Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “SmoothDyn”
Problem 155
(Thurston-Sullivan?) Are all smooth actions of $\Phi _g$ on $\mathbb S^1$ which are topologically conjugate to a standard one differentiably conjugate to the standard one?
Problem 150
Is there an expansive homeo of $\mathbb S^2$?
Problem 142
Can the adding machine be an invariant set for a $C^2$ mapping of the 2-disk? of the $n$-disk?
Problem 138
Billiards in right angle triangles. Find examples when it is ergodic.
Problem 136
For most $C^2$ maps $f : [0,1] \to [0,1]$, for all $\epsilon >0 $ there is a hyperbolic set $\Lambda$ such that $h(f|\Lambda) \geq h(f) - \epsilon.$ (See question 8c.)
Problem 133
$C^ \infty $ diffeo of the 2-disk preserving a smooth measure $\mu $ with $h_\mu >0$? An ergodic example?
Problem 132
$\dot X = Q(X) $ on $\mathbb{R}^3$, where $Q$ is quadratic. Is there a condition on the coefficients which guarantees a homoclinic point (a complicated attractor)? E.g. like for Reynolds numbers?
Problem 131
$h(f) $ given by periodic points for generic $C^1$ map from $I$ to $I$? (or generic continuous map?)
Problem 122
Fibration Theorem for $\log |\lambda| $? If $M = \cup _\alpha N_\alpha, N_\alpha $ submanifolds, with $f(N_\alpha ) = N_\alpha $, is the spectral radius of $f_\ast $ on $M$ $\le$ the sup of the spectral radius of $f_\ast $ on $N_\alpha$’s? If $f|N_\alpha$ is an isometry, does the spectral radius of $f_\ast $ on $M$ $= 1$? Are all distal diffeos built up this way, i.e. by extensions where homology works? Note: There is another Problem 122 that was crossed out.
Problem 120
Entropy 0 for differentiable action of $G = \mathbb{R}^n $ or $\mathbb{Z}^n (n \geq 2).$ For nilpotent $G$. General Lie group $G$?
Problem 119
(Thom) $Grad F$ for real analytic $F:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$. Stratification of orbits near a singular point.
Problem 117
(Sullivan) Show that $|\lambda| = 1$ for $f: M \to M$, where $f$ is $C^1$ and distal and $\lambda $ is an eigenvalue of $f_\ast$. Is $f \sim g$ for some Morse Smale $g$?
Problem 113
For a rational function $f(z) $ giving a degree $n$ map $z \mapsto f(z) $ of $\mathbb S^2$, does this map have entropy $\log n?$ ($\ge$ by Misurewicz and = a.e. by Guckenheimer)
Problem 104
Note: \[ \frac {1}{1-t} ; = ; \Pi _{n= 0}^\infty (1 +t^{2^n}) \] in $Z[[ t]]$. Is there a $C^2$ map $\mathbb D^2 \to \mathbb D^2$ so that…..
Problem 103
How can you write \[ 1 +t +t^2 ; = ; \Pi _{i=0 }^\infty (1\pm t^{n_i}) \] in $Z[[ t]] ?$
Problem 102
Is the false zeta function of a basic set ….? Define false zeta function for a flow basic set
Problem 100
This problem isn’t clearly legible, but it is thought to say: Symbolic dynamics for Abraham-Smale, Newhouse, Lorentz
Problem 96
KAM Theorem using $\mu $ uniquely ergodic flows on $M$ without assuming $M = T^n$
Problem 94
Does every manifold $M^n, n\geq 3$ admit a smooth Bernoulli flow (Ruelle)?
Problem 91
Is the topological entropy continuous on $C^1$ expanding maps of the interval? (a.e. continuous?)
Problem 88
Index 0 fixed point of diffeo is removable by small perturbation (Hirsch)
Problem 80
Reddy examples of expansive maps. Related to Anosov diffeos. Are expansive diffeos likely to be Anosov?
Problem 69
Is $h: Diff ^r \to \mathbb{R}$ generically continuous for some $r$?
Problem 66
Central Limit Theorem, other strong statistics near an attractor of a diffeo.
Problem 64
Entropy of group actions. There is no smooth $\mathbb{R}^n $- (or $\mathbb{Z}^n$-) action with positive entropy when $n >1$. Is this true for all Lie groups (or lattices) of dimension greater than 1? Try $N$ nilpotent.
Problem 63
$C^r$ diffeos that are not $C^{r+1}$ qualitatively. Find a $C^1$ diffeo $f : V \to V$ and a $C^1$ embedding $g:V \to M$ and $\tilde f$ extending $f$ to $M$ such that $\tilde f$ is $C^2$ on $M$, but $\tilde f |V$ is qualitatively not $C^2$ (i.e. the qualitative behavior of $\tilde f|V $ is due to the irregularity of $V$ but not of $\tilde f$)
Problem 60
Study flows $H = V(r) + \frac{1}{2} mv^2$ for various (?) continuous $V(r)$. Statistical mechanics literature (Hénon -?, Toda,…)
Problem 50
Is there a transitive/ergodic diffeomophism on $\mathbb S^2, \mathbb D^2$?
Problem 49
Does minimal or uniquely ergodic for a diffeo $f$ implies $h(f) = 0$ (try homeo case too)? Is there a minimal diffeo homotopic to $\left( \begin{matrix} 2 & 1\\\ 1& 1 \end{matrix} \right) \times Id. $ on $\mathbb T^3$? (Seifert conjecture) Minimal flow on $\mathbb S^3$.
Problem 48
Suppose $ F: C \to \mathbb{R}, C$ the Cantor set, has bounded total variation. Is there a homeo $g : [0,1] \to [0,1]$ and a diffeo (Lipschitz, maybe) $f:[0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ F = f\circ g |C.\]
Problem 47
Any entropy-like invariant for singularity of diff. maps?
Problem 42
Is $h(\varphi_t | E)$ differentiable in $E$ for Hamiltonian flows? Any relation to classical or quantum statistical mechanics?
Problem 27
Construction of a 2-dimensional Hamiltonian diffeo. with an ergodic set of positive measure.
Problem 14
Suspensions of diffeos. - Are they generically not (conjugated to) constant time suspensions? what is the strongest statement for Axiom A attractors?
Problem 10
Statistics plus dynamics of transformations of $[0,1]$ - ’non-linear' $\beta$-expansions like examples.