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Recurrence in the dynamical system $(X,\langle T_s\rangle_{s\in S})$ and ideals of $\beta S$

Dynamical Systems 2016-08-22 v1

Abstract

A {\it dynamical system\/} is a pair (X,TssS)(X,\langle T_s\rangle_{s\in S}), where XX is a compact Hausdorff space, SS is a semigroup, for each sSs\in S, TsT_s is a continuous function from XX to XX, and for all s,tSs,t\in S, TsTt=TstT_s\circ T_t=T_{st}. Given a point pβSp\in\beta S, the Stone-\v Cech compactification of the discrete space SS, Tp:XXT_p:X\to X is defined by, for xXx\in X, Tp(x)=p ⁣limsSTs(x)\displaystyle T_p(x)=p{-}\!\lim_{s\in S}T_s(x). We let βS\beta S have the operation extending the operation of SS such that βS\beta S is a right topological semigroup and multiplication on the left by any point of SS is continuous. Given p,qβSp,q\in\beta S, TpTq=TpqT_p\circ T_q=T_{pq}, but TpT_p is usually not continuous. Given a dynamical system (X,TssS)(X,\langle T_s\rangle_{s\in S}), and a point xXx\in X, we let U(x)={pβS:Tp(x)U(x)=\{p\in\beta S:T_p(x) is uniformly recurrent}\}. We show that each U(x)U(x) is a left ideal of βS\beta S and for any semigroup we can get a dynamical system with respect to which K(βS)=xXU(x)K(\beta S)=\bigcap_{x\in X}U(x) and cK(βS)={U(x):xXc\ell K(\beta S)=\bigcap\{U(x):x\in X and U(x)U(x) is closed}\}. And we show that weak cancellation assumptions guarantee that each such U(x)U(x) properly contains K(βS)K(\beta S) and has U(x)cK(βS)U(x) \setminus c\ell K(\beta S)\neq \emptyset.

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@article{arxiv.1608.05535,
  title  = {Recurrence in the dynamical system $(X,\langle T_s\rangle_{s\in S})$ and ideals of $\beta S$},
  author = {Neil Hindman and Dona Strauss and Luca Q. Zamboni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.05535},
  year   = {2016}
}