%0 Journal Article %A Sánchez Gabites, Jaime Jorge %A Rodríguez Sanjurjo, José Manuel %T On the topology of the boundary of a basin of attraction %D 2007 %@ 0002-9939 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50153 %X Suppose phi : M x R -> M is a continuous flow on a locally compact metrizable space M and K is an ( asymptotically stable) attractor. Let D =partial derivative A( K) be the boundary of the basin of attraction of K. In the present paper it will be shown how the Conley index of D plays an important role in determining the topological nature of D and allows one to obtain information about the global dynamics of phi in M. %~