On diffeomorphisms of compact 2-manifolds with all nonwandering points   periodic
  The aim of the present paper is to study conditions under which all the non-wandering points are periodic points, for a discrete dynamical system of two variables defined on a compact manifold. We include a survey of known results in all dimensions, and study the remaining open question in dimension two. We present two results, one positive and one negative. The negative result: we construct a Kupka--Smale diffeomorphism in $\mathbb{R}^2$ (which can be extended to a diffeomorphism of the sphere) with a closed set of periodic points that differs from the set of nonwandering points. The positive result: we present a condition on the widely studied H\'{e}non family which guarantees that all nonwandering points are periodic. Finally, we close by describing what future work may be needed to resolve our broad goals. 
Suzanne Boyd, Juan L.G. Guirao, and Michael W. Hero
math.DS