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# Periodic points on the $2$-sphere

• For a $C^{1}$ degree two latitude preserving endomorphism $f$ of the $2$-sphere, we show that for each $n$, $f$ has at least $2^{n}$ periodic points of period $n$.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 37C25.

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