ACTA MATHEMATICA UNIVERSITATIS COMENIANAE
Vol. 70,   2   (2001)
pp.   265-268
A COUNTEREXAMPLE TO A STATEMENT CONCERNING LYAPUNOV STABILITY
P. Sindelarova
Abstract. 
We find a class of weakly unimodal $C^\infty$ maps of an interval with zero
topological entropy such
that no such map f is Lyapunov stable on the set Per(f) of its
periodic points. This
disproves a statement published in several books and papers, e.g., by
V. V. Fedorenko, S.F. Kolyada,
A. N. Sharkovsky, A. G. Sivak and J. Smital.
AMS subject classification. 
Primary 26A18, 37E05
Keywords. 
Topological entropy, Lyapunov stability, periodic points, weakly unimodal maps
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