Details

Subject(s)

• Group actions (Mathematics) [Browse]
• Symbolic dynamics [Browse]
• Topological entropy [Browse]
• Tiling (Mathematics) [Browse]

Author

• Zhang, Guohua, 1981- [Browse]

Series

• Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; Volume 281. [More in this series]
• Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society Series ; Volume 281 [More in this series]

Summary note

"In topological dynamics, the Symbolic Extension Entropy Theorem (SEET) (Boyle and Downarowicz, 2004) describes the possibility of a lossless digitalization of a dynamical system by extending it to a subshift on finitely many symbols. The theorem gives a precise estimate on the entropy of such a symbolic extension (and hence on the necessary number of symbols). Unlike in the measure-theoretic case, where Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy serves as an estimate in an analogous problem, in the topological setup the task reaches beyond the classical theory of measure-theoretic and topological entropy. Necessary are tools from an extended theory of entropy, the theory of entropy structures developed in Downarowicz (2005). The main goal of this paper is to prove the analog of the SEET for actions of (discrete infinite) countable amenable groups: Let a countable amenable group G act by homeomorphisms on a compact metric space X and let MG(X) denote the simplex of all G-invariant Borel probability measures on X. A function EA on MG(X) equals the extension entropy function h[pi] of a symbolic extension [pi] : (Y,G) [arrow] (X,G), where h[pi]([mu]) [equals] sup{hV(Y,G) : V [element of] [pi]-1([mu])} ([mu] [element of] MG(X)), if and only if EA is a finite affine superenvelope of the entropy structure of (X,G). Of course, the statement is preceded by the presentation of the concepts of an entropy structure and its superenvelopes, adapted from the case of Z-actions. In full generality we are able to prove a slightly weaker version of SEET, in which symbolic extensions are replaced by quasi-symbolic extensions, i.e., extensions in form of a joining of a subshift with a zero-entropy tiling system. The notion of a tiling system is a subject of several earlier works (e.g. Downarowicz and Huczek (2018) and Downarowicz, Huczek, and Zhang (2019)) and in this paper we review and complement the theory developed there. The full version of the SEET (with genuine symbolic extensions) is proved for groups which are either residually finite or enjoy the so-called comparison property. In order to describe the range of our theorem more clearly, we devote a large portion of the paper to studying the comparison property. Our most important result in this aspect is showing that all subexponential groups have the comparison property (and thus satisfy the SEET). To summarize, the heart of the paper is the presentation of the following four major topics and the interplay between them: Symbolic extensions, Entropy structures, Tiling systems (and their encodability), The comparison property"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Motivation
• 1.2. Subject of the paper
• 1.3. Organization of the paper
• Acknowledgment
• Chapter 2. Preliminaries on actions of countable amenable groups
• 2.1. Group actions, subshifts, symbolic extensions, block codes
• 2.2. An -modification, ( , )-invariance, Følner sequence, amenability
• 2.3. The Choquet simplex of invariant probability measures
• 2.4. The ergodic theorem
• 2.5. Entropy
• 2.6. Zero-dimensional systems
• Chapter 3. Entropy structure and the easy direction of the main theorem
• 3.1. Structures
• 3.2. Superenvelopes
• 3.3. Definition of the entropy structure
• 3.4. Symbolic extensions-the easy direction
• Chapter 4. Quasitilings and tiling systems
• 4.1. Terminology and facts not requiring amenability
• 4.2. Terminology and facts requiring amenability
• 4.3. Tiled entropy
• Chapter 5. Quasi-symbolic extensions-the hard direction of the main theorem
• Chapter 6. The comparison property
• 6.1. Definition of the comparison property
• 6.2. Banach density interpretation of the comparison property
• 6.3. Comparison property of subexponential groups
• Chapter 7. Encodable tiling systems
• 7.1. Encodable systems of quasitilings
• 7.2. Encodability of tiling systems versus the comparison property
• 7.3. Symbolic extensions for actions of selected groups
• Appendix A
• Bibliography
• Back Cover.

Show 32 more Contents items

ISBN

• 9781470473235
• 1470473232

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...