Equicontinuity of Maps on a Dendrite with Finite Branch Points

Let （T, d） be a dendrite with finite branch points and f be a continuous map from T to T. Denote by w（x, f） and P（f） the w-limit set of x under f and the set of periodic points of f, respectively. Write Ω（x, f） = {yl there exist a sequence of points xk ∈ T and a sequence of positive integers n1 〈 n2 〈 … such that lim k→∞ Xk = X and lim k→∞ f nk （xk） = y}. In this paper, we show that the following statements are equivalent： （1） f is equicontinuous. （2） w（x, f） = Ω（x, f） for any x ∈ T. （3） ∩ ∞ n=1 f n（T） = P（f）, and w（x, f） is a periodic orbit for every x ∈ T and map h： x → w（x, f） （x ∈ T） is continuous. （4） Ω（x, f） is a periodic orbit for any x ∈ T.