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Symbolic dynamics: entropy = dimension = complexity

Logic 2017-02-16 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let GG be the group Zd\mathbb{Z}^d or the monoid Nd\mathbb{N}^d where dd is a positive integer. Let XX be a subshift over GG, i.e., a closed and shift-invariant subset of AGA^G where AA is a finite alphabet. We prove that the topological entropy of XX is equal to the Hausdorff dimension of XX and has a sharp characterization in terms of the Kolmogorov complexity of finite pieces of the orbits of XX. In the version of this paper that has been published in Theory of Computing Systems, the proof of Lemma 4.3 contains a confusing typographical error. This version of the paper corrects that error.

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@article{arxiv.1702.04394,
  title  = {Symbolic dynamics: entropy = dimension = complexity},
  author = {Stephen G. Simpson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.04394},
  year   = {2017}
}

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19 pages

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