Abstract:
We present a refinement of the standard proof of Sharkovsky's theorem. We use ideas from the proof in the book of Alsedà, Llibre and Misiurewcicz as well as the characterization of Sharkovsky maximal orbits, which given independently by Coppel, by Alsedà, Llibre and Serra, and by Ho.
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Authors' addresses: Keith Burns Department of Mathematics Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208-2730 Boris Hasselblatt Department of Mathematics Bromfield-Pearson Building, Room 114 Tufts University Medford, MA 02155-5597