Attractors of dissipative homeomorphisms of the infinite surface homeomorphic to a punctured sphere

Abstract

A class of dissipative orientation preserving homeomorphisms of the infinite annulus, pairs of pants, or generally any infinite surface homeomorphic to a punctured sphere is considered. We prove that in some isotopy classes the local behavior of such homeomorphisms at a fixed point, namely the existence of so-called inverse saddle, impacts the topology of the attractor — it cannot be arcwise connected.