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On the shape Conley index theory of semiflows on complete metric spaces

• In this work we develop the shape Conley index theory for local semiflows on complete metric spaces by using a weaker notion of shape index pairs. This allows us to calculate the shape index of a compact isolated invariant set $K$ by restricting the system on any closed subset that contains a local unstable manifold of $K$, and hence significantly increases the flexibility of the calculation of shape indices and Morse equations. In particular, it allows to calculate shape indices and Morse equations for an infinite dimensional system by using only the unstable manifolds of the invariant sets, without requiring the system to be two-sided on the unstable manifolds.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 37B30, 37D45, 37C75.

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