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Free curves and periodic points for torus homeomorphisms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2008
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We study the relationship between free curves and periodic points for torus homeomorphisms in the homotopy class of the identity. By free curve we mean a homotopically non-trivial simple closed curve that is disjoint from its image. We prove that every rational point in the rotation set is realized by a periodic point provided that there is no free curve and the rotation set has empty interior. This gives a topological version of a theorem of Franks. Using this result, and inspired by a theorem of Guillou, we prove a version of the Poincaré–Birkhoff theorem for torus homeomorphisms: in the absence of free curves, either there is a fixed point or the rotation set has non-empty interior.
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