Equicontinuity of maps on a dendrite with finite branch points.

Let ( T, d) be a dendrite with finite branch points and f be a continuous map from T to T. Denote by ω( x, f) and P( f) the ω-limit set of x under f and the set of periodic points of f, respectively. Write Ω( x, f) = { y| there exist a sequence of points x ∈ T and a sequence of positive integers n < n < ··· such that lim x = x and lim $$f^{n_{k}}$$ ( x ) = y}. In this paper, we show that the following statements are equivalent: (1) f is equicontinuous. (2) ω( x, f) = Ω( x, f) for any x ∈ T. (3) ∩ f ( T) = P( f), and ω( x, f) is a periodic orbit for every x ∈ T and map h: x → ω( x, f) ( x ∈ T) is continuous. (4) Ω( x, f) is a periodic orbit for any x ∈ T. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]