Pugh–Shub conjecture on Kolmogorov-typical finiteness of attractors

Let MM be the manifold under consideration, and for dgeq1dgeq 1 let a dd-CrC^r-Kolmogorov typical property mean that, for every compact parameter manifold of dimension dd, a generic CrC^r family has the property for Lebesgue almost every parameter. A diffeomorphism displays finitely many sinks and other attractors when its attracting periodic or other attracting invariant sets are finite in number.

Pugh–Shub conjecture. For every d1d\geq 1, a dd-Kolmogorov typical diffeomorphism displays finitely many sinks and other attractors.

This conjecture was proposed as a way to formulate typicality in parameter families without a natural Lebesgue measure on the full space of diffeomorphisms. It was disproved in the finite-regularity setting by the results described in the source, so the conjecture is refuted.

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Primary source

Pierre Berger, “Wild dynamics on manifolds”, arXiv:2510.12929 (2025).

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