Entropy for group endomorphisms and homogeneous spaces
Entropy for group endomorphisms and homogeneous spaces
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DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9947-1971-0274707-x
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发表时间:
1971
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1.3
通讯作者:
R. Bowen
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作者:
R. Bowen
Topological entropy há(T) is defined for a uniformly continuous map on a metric space. General statements are proved about this entropy, and it is calculated for affine maps of Lie groups and certain homogeneous spaces. We compare hd(T) with measure theoretic entropy h(T); in particular h(T) = hd(T) for Haar measure and affine maps Ton compact metrizable groups. A particular case of this yields the wellknown formula for h(T) when T is a toral automorphism. Introduction. We shall study topological entropy, concentrating on its relation to measure theoretic entropy and algebraic examples. Our topological entropy hd(T) is defined (in §2) for a uniformly continuous map F on a metric space (X, d). In [1] a topological entropy h(T) was defined for a continuous map on a compact topological space; if the space is compact metric then h(T)—hd(T). An essential part of this paper is the computation of hd(T) for certain maps on noncompact spaces. Suppose p is a Borel measure on p(X) = l, and p is F-invariant (i.e. p(T~x(A)) =p(A) for every Borel set A). One can then define a measure theoretic entropy hu(T) as follows: Call a={Au ..., Ar} a (finite) measurable partition of A" if the A¡ are disjoint measurable subsets of X covering X. Now set Hja) = 2 -4mc\ T-kAik) iogp(mn t-*a\ Then the limit hß(T, a) = limm_00 (\/m)HJa) exists and one defines hu(T) = sup {hu(T, a) : a is a finite measurable partition of X}. (See [6] for details about measure theoretic entropy.) Two points in X are separated by a = {A±,..., Ar} provided they lie in different ^i's. We shall use the following fact to compute entropy : Fact (see [6]). Let {ak}k = 0 be a sequence of measurable partitions of X satisfying the following property: If x, ye X are distinct there is an n(x, y) such that ak separates x and y whenever k S: n(x, y). Then hu(f) = supfc h(T, ak). As is generally known, if T: G -> G is a surjective endomorphism of a compact metrizable group, then F preserves Haar measure p. For such a F we show that the Received by the editors October 17, 1969 and, in revised form, February 2, 1970. AMS 1969 subject classifications. Primary 2870, 2875; Secondary 5482.