Smooth shifts along flows

Abstract

Let $Φ$ be a flow on a smooth, compact, finite-dimensional manifold $M$. Consider the subsets $E(Φ)$ and $D(Φ)$ of $C^{\infty}(M,M)$ consisting of smoothh mappings and diffeomorphisms (respectively) of $M$ preserving the foliation of the flow $Φ$. Let also $E_{0}(Φ)$ and $D_{0}(Φ)$ be the identity path components of $E(Φ)$ and $D(Φ)$ with compact-open topology. We prove that under mild conditions on fixed points of $Φ$ the inclusion $D_{0}(Φ) \subset E_{0}(Φ)$ is a homotopy equivalence and these spaces are either contractible or homotopically equivalent to the circle.