Pugh's closing lemma

In mathematics, Pugh's closing lemma is a result that links periodic orbit solutions of differential equations to chaotic behaviour. It can be formally stated as follows:

Let ${\displaystyle f:M\to M}$ be a ${\displaystyle C^{1}}$ diffeomorphism of a compact smooth manifold ${\displaystyle M}$. Given a nonwandering point ${\displaystyle x}$ of ${\displaystyle f}$, there exists a diffeomorphism ${\displaystyle g}$ arbitrarily close to ${\displaystyle f}$ in the ${\displaystyle C^{1}}$ topology of ${\displaystyle \operatorname {Diff} ^{1}(M)}$ such that ${\displaystyle x}$ is a periodic point of ${\displaystyle g}$.