scholarly journals Examples in the entropy theory of countable group actions

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 2593-2680 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEWIS BOWEN
Keyword(s):  
Classical Theory ◽  
Group Actions ◽  
Countable Group ◽  
Classification Theory ◽  
Entropy Theory ◽  
Survey Article ◽  
Sofic Entropy ◽  
Factor Maps ◽  
Measure Preserving Actions ◽  
Classical Entropy

Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy is an invariant of measure-preserving actions of the group of integers that is central to classification theory. There are two recently developed invariants, sofic entropy and Rokhlin entropy, that generalize classical entropy to actions of countable groups. These new theories have counterintuitive properties such as factor maps that increase entropy. This survey article focusses on examples, many of which have not appeared before, that highlight the differences and similarities with classical theory.

scholarly journals Sofic entropy and amenable groups

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEWIS BOWEN
Keyword(s):  
Group Action ◽  
Amenable Group ◽  
Group Actions ◽  
Amenable Groups ◽  
Orbit Equivalent ◽  
Sofic Entropy ◽  
Classical Entropy

AbstractIn previous work, the author introduced a measure-conjugacy invariant for sofic group actions called sofic entropy. Here, it is proven that the sofic entropy of an amenable group action equals its classical entropy. The proof uses a new measure-conjugacy invariant called upper-sofic entropy and a theorem of Rudolph and Weiss for the entropy of orbit-equivalent actions relative to the orbit changeσ-algebra.

scholarly journals ADDITIVITY PROPERTIES OF SOFIC ENTROPY AND MEASURES ON MODEL SPACES

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIM AUSTIN
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Entropy Theory ◽  
Reverse Inequality ◽  
Cartesian Products ◽  
Model Spaces ◽  
Sofic Entropy ◽  
Sofic Groups

Sofic entropy is an invariant for probability-preserving actions of sofic groups. It was introduced a few years ago by Lewis Bowen, and shown to extend the classical Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy from the setting of amenable groups. Some parts of Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy theory generalize to sofic entropy, but in other respects this new invariant behaves less regularly. This paper explores conditions under which sofic entropy is additive for Cartesian products of systems. It is always subadditive, but the reverse inequality can fail. We define a new entropy notion in terms of probability distributions on the spaces of good models of an action. Using this, we prove a general lower bound for the sofic entropy of a Cartesian product in terms of separate quantities for the two factor systems involved. We also prove that this lower bound is optimal in a certain sense, and use it to derive some sufficient conditions for the strict additivity of sofic entropy itself. Various other properties of this new entropy notion are also developed.

Approximate equivalence of group actions

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 1201-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREAS NÆS AASERUD ◽  
SORIN POPA
Keyword(s):  
Group Actions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Equivalence Relations ◽  
Orbit Equivalence ◽  
Usual Type ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Probability Spaces ◽  
Measure Preserving Actions

We consider several weaker versions of the notion of conjugacy and orbit equivalence of measure preserving actions of countable groups on probability spaces, involving equivalence of the ultrapower actions and asymptotic intertwining conditions. We compare them with the other existing equivalence relations between group actions, and study the usual type of rigidity questions around these new concepts (superrigidity, calculation of invariants, etc).

Archimedean actions on median pretrees

2001 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRIAN H. BOWDITCH ◽  
JOHN CRISP
Keyword(s):  
Group Actions ◽  
General Setting ◽  
Countable Group ◽  
Convergence Group ◽  
Isometric Actions ◽  
Betweenness Relations

In this paper we consider group actions on generalized treelike structures (termed ‘pretrees’) defined simply in terms of betweenness relations. Using a result of Levitt, we show that if a countable group admits an archimedean action on a median pretree, then it admits an action by isometries on an ℝ-tree. Thus the theory of isometric actions on ℝ-trees may be extended to a more general setting where it merges naturally with the theory of right-orderable groups. This approach has application also to the study of convergence group actions on continua.

scholarly journals Amenability, Kazhdan's property T, strong ergodicity and invariant means for ergodic group-actions

1981 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Group Action ◽  
Measure Space ◽  
Group Actions ◽  
Finite Measure ◽  
Countable Group ◽  
Invariant Sets ◽  
Amenable Groups ◽  
Strong Ergodicity ◽  
Property T ◽  
Invariant Means

AbstractThis paper discusses the relations between the following properties o finite measure preserving ergodic actions of a countable group G: strong ergodicity (i.e. the non-existence of almost invariant sets), uniqueness of G-invariant means on the measure space carrying the group action, and certain cohomological properties. Using these properties one can characterize all actions of amenable groups and of groups with Kazhdan's property T. For groups which fall in between these two definations these notions lead to some interesting examples.

scholarly journals Quantitative norm convergence of double ergodic averages associated with two commuting group actions

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 860-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
VJEKOSLAV KOVAČ
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Group ◽  
Finite Abelian Group ◽  
Group Actions ◽  
Norm Convergence ◽  
Ergodic Averages ◽  
Direct Sum ◽  
Measure Preserving Actions

We study double averages along orbits for measure-preserving actions of$\mathbb{A}^{{\it\omega}}$, the direct sum of countably many copies of a finite abelian group$\mathbb{A}$. We show an$\text{L}^{p}$norm-variation estimate for these averages, which in particular re-proves their convergence in$\text{L}^{p}$for any finite$p$and for any choice of two$\text{L}^{\infty }$functions. The result is motivated by recent questions on quantifying convergence of multiple ergodic averages.

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