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Let 3? be the class of compact subsets of / = [0, 1], furnished with the Hausdorf metric. Let f € C(/, /). We study the map ω/ : / ->

We prove that an infiniteW⊂ (0, 1) is an ω-limit set for a continuous map ƒ of [0,1] with zero topological entropy iffW=Q∪PwhereQis a Cantor set, andPis countable, disjoint fromQ, dense inWif non-empty, and such that for any intervalJcontiguous toQ, card (J∩P) ≤ 1 if 0 or 1 is inJ, and card (J∩P) ≤ 2 otherwise. Moreover, we prove a conjecture by A. N. Šarkovskii from 1967 thatPcan contain points from infinitely many orbits, and consequently, that the system of ω-limit sets containingQand contained inW, can be uncountable.

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