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Invariant random compacts

Dynamical Systems 2026-05-29 v2

Abstract

For a compact metric space XX with a group GG acting on it continuously, an invariant random compact is a Borel probability measure on the space of nonempty compact subsets of XX that is invariant under the action of GG. The action is IC-rigid if, with respect to every invariant random compact, every compact set is almost surely either finite or XX. We give sufficient conditions for an action to be IC-rigid, and show there are natural examples of such actions. We further consider a notion of weak IC-rigidity, and prove that the Chacon system is weakly IC-rigid but not IC-rigid. As an application, we prove results concerning multiplicative largeness of dilations of sets on the circle.

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@article{arxiv.2605.03993,
  title  = {Invariant random compacts},
  author = {Bryna Kra and Scott Schmieding},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.03993},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

42 pages, this version corrects gaps in Sections 4 and 5. The main results are unchanged