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A subgroup formula for f-invariant entropy

Dynamical Systems 2012-06-27 v3

Abstract

We study a measure entropy for finitely generated free group actions called f-invariant entropy. The f-invariant entropy was developed by Lewis Bowen and is essentially a special case of his measure entropy theory for actions of sofic groups. In this paper we relate the f-invariant entropy of a finitely generated free group action to the f-invariant entropy of the restricted action of a subgroup. We show that the ratio of these entropies equals the index of the subgroup. This generalizes a well known formula for the Kolmogorov--Sinai entropy of amenable group actions. We then extend the definition of f-invariant entropy to actions of finitely generated virtually free groups. We also obtain a numerical virtual measure conjugacy invariant for actions of finitely generated virtually free groups.

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@article{arxiv.1202.5071,
  title  = {A subgroup formula for f-invariant entropy},
  author = {Brandon Seward},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.5071},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Corollary 1.3 has been removed due to an error in its proof. Corollary 1.2 is new

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