## Periodic points of some discontinuous maps.(English)Zbl 1347.26011

Summary: The purpose of this paper is to investigate periodic points of discontinuous maps. For some discontinuous maps, we establish a characterization of periodic points.

### MSC:

 26A18 Iteration of real functions in one variable 37C25 Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics

### Keywords:

discontinuous maps; periodic points; iteration
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