On the dynamics of the combinatorial model of the real line

Abstract

We study dynamical systems defined on the combinatorial model of the real line. We prove that using single-valued maps there are no periodic points of period 3, which contrasts with the classical and less restrictive setting. Then, we use Vietoris-like multivalued maps to show that there is more flexibility, at least in terms of periods, in this combinatorial framework than in the usual one because we do not have the conditions about the existence of periods given by the Sharkovski Theorem.