Partial section I: $α$-recurrence and equivariant Lyapunov maps (2512.04994v1)

Abstract: This is the first article in a series that aims at classifying partial sections of flows, that is a general family of transverse surfaces. In this part, we deal with the dynamical aspect of the question. Given a flow on a compact manifold $M$ and a cohomology class $α$ of rank 1, we give a criterion for the existence of an $α$-equivariant Lyapunov map on an Abelian covering of $M$ associated to $α$. One important aspect of the existence of such Lyapunov maps, and of the classification of partial sections, is a type of recurrence set relative to $α$. We describe how that set depends on $α$.