Beyond 0 and ∞: A solution to the Barge entropy conjecture

We prove the entropy conjecture of M. Barge from 1989: for every <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r element-of left-bracket 0 comma normal infinity right-bracket"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo> ∈ </mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> ∞ </mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r\in [0,\infty ]</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> there exists a pseudo-arc homeomorphism <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="h"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">h</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , whose topological entropy is <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Until now all pseudo-arc homeomorphisms with known entropy have had entropy <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="0"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">0</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> or <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="normal infinity"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> ∞ </mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\infty</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> .