where 88&_mathId=si5.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=5b23b5ebcf9d4f3365601b2db8f1772d" title="Click to view the MathML source">ρ0=1, 88&_mathId=si6.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=83d94d4f92f3e7f2d6cb8b526d62fa6d">88-si6.gif">, 90" class="mathmlsrc">88&_mathId=si490.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=76424479c0a197fe721e22aed714cdf2" title="Click to view the MathML source">n≥1 and 88&_mathId=si394.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=bb132d6a41ce02c224f0c250c51e6f61">88-si394.gif"> is the minimal parameter sequence of 88&_mathId=si101.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=89538fa935d65967b5b42744b77fc88f">88-si101.gif">. In this paper we consider the space, denoted by 88&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=ac4f18dcb4053c26213c45e712bcc6d4" title="Click to view the MathML source">Np, of all nontrivial probability measures such that the associated real sequences 88&_mathId=si11.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=b2926c0e11ab3162da16324f1a061ee1">88-si11.gif"> and 88&_mathId=si12.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=fa9636849e18783c1e7c2e4e0bbef0c8">88-si12.gif"> are periodic with period p , for 88&_mathId=si13.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=38b82d41dd2132bfb22bea267bc698b3" title="Click to view the MathML source">p∈N. By assuming an appropriate metric on the space of all nontrivial probability measures on the unit circle, we show that there exists a homeomorphism 88&_mathId=si14.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=ff550e036d8eb17f1d631c1b44cf8ee0" title="Click to view the MathML source">gp between the metric subspaces 88&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=ac4f18dcb4053c26213c45e712bcc6d4" title="Click to view the MathML source">Np and 88&_mathId=si15.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=dbaa018d8f3fc632afdc589385f16d5e" title="Click to view the MathML source">Vp, where 88&_mathId=si15.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=dbaa018d8f3fc632afdc589385f16d5e" title="Click to view the MathML source">Vp denotes the space of nontrivial probability measures with associated p -periodic Verblunsky coefficients. Moreover, it is shown that the set 88&_mathId=si16.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=8838092044eda4abc463630ffd841d45" title="Click to view the MathML source">Fp of fixed points of 88&_mathId=si14.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=ff550e036d8eb17f1d631c1b44cf8ee0" title="Click to view the MathML source">gp is exactly 88&_mathId=si17.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=d00c29731cc554f4abc6356216db67a1" title="Click to view the MathML source">Vp∩Np and this set is characterized by a 88&_mathId=si18.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=aab7e30a4d21ea1cc37d71d6c8fcd01b" title="Click to view the MathML source">(p−1)-dimensional submanifold of 88&_mathId=si19.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=af1316156a55e2691d427b2ce8c5a9e1" title="Click to view the MathML source">Rp. We also prove that the study of probability measures in 88&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=ac4f18dcb4053c26213c45e712bcc6d4" title="Click to view the MathML source">Np is equivalent to the study of probability measures in 88&_mathId=si15.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=dbaa018d8f3fc632afdc589385f16d5e" title="Click to view the MathML source">Vp. Furthermore, it is shown that the pure points of measures in 88&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=ac4f18dcb4053c26213c45e712bcc6d4" title="Click to view the MathML source">Np are, in fact, zeros of associated para-orthogonal polynomials of degree p . We also look at the essential support of probability measures in the limit periodic case, i.e., when the sequences 88&_mathId=si11.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=b2926c0e11ab3162da16324f1a061ee1">88-si11.gif"> and 88&_mathId=si12.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022247X16304188&_rdoc=1&_issn=0022247X&md5=fa9636849e18783c1e7c2e4e0bbef0c8">88-si12.gif"> are limit periodic with period p. Finally, we give some examples to illustrate the results obtained.