A refinement of Sharkovskii’s theorem on orbit types characterized by two parameters

The so-called type problem or forcing problem is considered as a way to generalize Sharkovskii’s theorem. In this paper, by focusing on certain types of orbits, we obtain a solution of the type problem, which gives a refinement of Sharkovskii’s theorem on orbit types characterized by two parameters.  2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved