B4.17
Part II, 2003
Let be an orientation-preserving invertible map of the circle onto itself, with a lift . Define the rotation numbers and .
Suppose that , where and are coprime integers. Prove that the map has periodic points of least period , and no periodic points with any least period not equal to .
Now suppose that is irrational. Explain the distinction between wandering and non-wandering points under . Let be the set of limit points of the sequence . Prove
(a) that the set is independent of and is the smallest closed, non-empty, -invariant subset of ;
(b) that is the set of non-wandering points of ;
(c) that is either the whole of or a Cantor set in .