On measure expansive diffeomorphisms

Abstract

Let $f:M\to M$ be a diffeomorphism defined on a compact boundaryless $d$-dimensional manifold $M$, $d\ge 2$. C. Morales has proposed the notion of measure expansiveness. In this note we show that diffeomorphisms in a residual subset far from homoclinic tangencies are measure expansive. We also show that surface diffeomorphisms presenting homoclinic tangencies can be $C^1$-approximated by non-measure expansive diffeomorphisms.