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Specification in Mahavier Systems via Closed Relations

Iztok Banič·Goran Erceg·Ivan Jelić·Judy Kennedy
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We study two fundamental properties of topological dynamical systems, the specification property and the initial specification property, and explore their generalizations to the broader setting of CR-dynamical systems, where the dynamics are governed by closed relations rather than continuous functions. While these two properties are equivalent for many classical systems, we demonstrate that their generalizations to CR-dynamical systems often lead to distinct behaviors. Applying them to Mahavier dynamical systems, we introduce new specification-type properties. These generalized notions extend the classical theory and reveal rich structural differences in dynamical behavior. Moreover, each of the new properties reduces to the standard specification property when restricted to continuous functions.

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Iztok Banič, Goran Erceg, Ivan Jelić, Judy Kennedy. 2025-07-01. Specification in Mahavier Systems via Closed Relations. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01155

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