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Multivalued Lyapunov functions for homeomorphisms of the 2-torus
Patrice Le Calvez1
Fund. Math. 189 (2006), 227-253

Abstract: 
\def\T{{\sym T}}\def\Z{{\sym Z}}Let $F$ be a homeomorphism of $\T^2=\R^2/\Z^2$
isotopic to the identity and $f$ a lift to the universal covering space $\R^2$. We suppose that
$\kappa\in H^1(\T^2,\R)$ is a cohomology class which is positive on the rotation set of $f$. We prove
the existence of a smooth Lyapunov function of $f$ whose derivative lifts a 
non-vanishing smooth
closed form on $\T^2$ whose cohomology class is
$\kappa$.


MSC (2000): 37B25, 37E30, 37E35, 37E45.
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