The smoothness conjecture on orbit structure in Case 4

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.

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

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