Sharkovsky's theorem

Authors: Keith Burns and Boris Hasselblatt

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
 
	
        


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