A collection of simple proofs of Sharkovsky's theorem

Abstract

Based on various strategies, we obtain several simple proofs of the celebrated Sharkovsky cycle coexistence theorem.

20 pages. New proofs involving Stefan cycles are included in sections 8 and 9. New proofs of (a) and (c) are included in sections 11 and 12

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