The smoothness conjecture on orbit structure in Case 4

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Let GG be a group generated by C2C^{2} homeomorphisms. For a point in Case 4, consider its orbit and an interval II together with subintervals JnJ_n.

Smoothness conjecture. Orbits of points in Case 4 will consist of a countable number of copies of an interval II, the union of a number of subintervals JnJ_n, in each of which the orbit is dense, has integer type, or is contained in a Cantor set.

This conjecture proposes that C2C^{2} regularity is sufficient to obtain the expected nested description of Case 4 orbits, extending the structure known under stronger regularity assumptions. The source does not state whether it has been resolved.

References

Primary source

N. C. Esty, “Orbit structure for groups of homeomorphisms of the circle”, arXiv:math/0508050 (2005).

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