Papers

Resolves the uniform boundedness assertion in Hilbert's sixteenth problem: the number of isolated periodic orbits of a real planar polynomial vector field is bounded by a finite constant depending only on its degree. For classical quintic Liénard systems, the exact maximum is two limit cycles.

Resolves the probability-preserving form of Banach's simple Lebesgue-spectrum problem within smooth dynamics. A smooth volume-preserving diffeomorphism of the standard-volume three-torus has simple Lebesgue spectrum on its entire complex mean-zero L$^{2}$ space: the bilateral iterates of one real observable form an orthonormal basis of that space.

Proves that every invertible mixing probability-preserving transformation is mixing of all finite orders, resolving Rokhlin's multiple-mixing problem for a single transformation. Correlations among any finite collection of measurable sets converge to the product of their measures whenever all pairwise time separations diverge.

Proves that the standard sine map on the two-dimensional torus has positive metric entropy with respect to area for every sufficiently large positive parameter. This establishes Sinai's positive-parameter-measure conjecture for the original family, with the stronger conclusion of a full parameter tail.

Resolves the near-boundary Birkhoff conjecture for smooth strictly convex planar billiards of positive curvature. Such a billiard is an ellipse whenever a full grazing annulus is continuously foliated by individually invariant essential curves. A continuous physical collar of smooth closed convex caustics also suffices.

For every self-similar measure on the line generated by finitely many contracting similarities, proves $\dim_{\mathrm H}\mu=\min\{1,h_{\mathrm{RW}}/\chi\}$, where $h_{\mathrm{RW}}$ is the entropy rate of random composed maps and χ the average logarithmic contraction. This resolves the entropy-rate dimension conjecture without a separation assumption, allowing exact overlaps and unequal contraction ratios.

Proves the permanence conjecture for every finite weakly reversible mass-action system with fixed positive rate constants. Every positive stoichiometric compatibility class, even an unbounded one, has a common compact convex forward-invariant absorbing set. All positive trajectories in that class therefore eventually share positive lower and finite upper concentration bounds.

Proves that the billiard flow in every nondegenerate Euclidean triangle with at least one angle irrational relative to π is weakly mixing for normalized area times uniform direction. This strengthens ergodicity on the entire irrational-angle class, with no genericity or Diophantine restrictions.

Constructs a noninvertible C$^{1}$ self-map of a compact smooth manifold with zero topological entropy but eigenvalue 2 on second homology. This disproves the homological entropy lower bound for general C$^{1}$ self-maps: homological growth need not force positive orbit complexity.

Constructs a zero-entropy ergodic invertible transformation of a standard nonatomic probability space that is not measurably conjugate to any C$^{∞}$ diffeomorphism preserving a strictly positive smooth probability density on a compact finite-dimensional manifold. One example rules out every finite dimension.

Classifies singular and absolutely continuous unbiased Bernoulli convolutions for every $\lambda\in(0,1)$ by an infinite, one-sided approximation condition using explicit finite sets of algebraic units. It also proves singularity at reciprocals of every quartic Salem number in $(1,2)$, giving examples beyond reciprocal Pisot parameters.

Proves almost-everywhere convergence of consecutive multiple ergodic averages of every finite length for invertible mixing probability-preserving transformations. For each fixed tuple of bounded functions, the limit is the product of their integrals, along all positive averaging lengths. No mixing rate or standardness assumption on the probability space is required.