Pugh–Shub conjecture on Kolmogorov-typical finiteness of attractors
Pugh–Shub conjecture on Kolmogorov-typical finiteness of attractors
Let be the manifold under consideration, and for let a --Kolmogorov typical property mean that, for every compact parameter manifold of dimension , a generic 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 , a -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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