Entropy of homeomorphisms on unimodal inverse limit spaces

Henk Bruin, Sonja Stimac

Published 2012-09-25, updated 2017-07-10Version 2

We prove that every self-homeomorphism $h : K_s \to K_s$ on the inverse limit space $K_s$ of the tent map $T_s$ with slope $s \in (\sqrt 2, 2]$ has topological entropy $\htop(h) = |R| \log s$, where $R \in \Z$ is such that $h$ and $\sigma^R$ are isotopic. Conclusions on the possible values of the entropy of homeomorphisms of the inverse limit space of a (renormalizable) quadratic map are drawn as well.