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Pouya Mehdipour
Federal University of Viçosa
Brazil

Sanaz Lamei
University of Guilan
Iran



Publié le 25 mars 2026   DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2026.1442

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We develop topological partitions for m-to-1 local homeomorphisms on compact metric spaces—maps that arise naturally in non-invertible dynamical systems, such as expanding and covering maps. These partitions enable a symbolic representation of the dynamics via the zip shift, an extended bilateral shift in the non-invertible setting. Inspired by Smale’s horseshoe construction, this approach generalizes topological partitions to a broader class of systems and opens new directions for studying their topological and ergodic properties.

We develop topological partitions for m-to-1 local homeomorphisms on compact metric spaces—maps that arise naturally in non-invertible dynamical systems, such as expanding and covering maps. These partitions enable a symbolic representation of the dynamics via the zip shift, an extended bilateral shift in the non-invertible setting. Inspired by Smale’s horseshoe construction, this approach generalizes topological partitions to a broader class of systems and opens new directions for studying their topological and ergodic properties.

zip shift topological partition local homeomorphisms

zip shift topological partition local homeomorphisms

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