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Topological sequence entropy of nonautonomous dynamical systems

Dynamical Systems 2023-09-12 v1

Abstract

Let f0,={fn}n=0f_{0,\infty}=\{f_n\}_{n=0}^{\infty} be a sequence of continuous self-maps on a compact metric space XX. Firstly, we obtain the relations between topological sequence entropy of a nonautonomous dynamical system (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}) and that of its finite-to-one extension. We then prove that the topological sequence entropy of (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}) is no less than its corresponding measure sequence entropy if XX has finite covering dimension. Secondly, we study the supremum topological sequence entropy of (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}), and confirm that it equals to that of its nn-th compositions system if f0,f_{0,\infty} is equi-continuous; and we prove the supremum topological sequence entropy of (X,fi,)(X,f_{i,\infty}) is no larger than that of (X,fj,)(X,f_{j,\infty}) if iji\leq j, and they are equal if f0,f_{0,\infty} is equi-continuous and surjective. Thirdly, we investigate the topological sequence entropy relations between (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}) and (M(X),f^0,)(\mathcal{M}(X),\hat{f}_{0,\infty}) induced on the space M(X)\mathcal{M}(X) of all Borel probability measures, and obtain that given any sequence, the topological sequence entropy of (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}) is zero if and only if that of (M(X),f^0,)(\mathcal{M}(X),\hat{f}_{0,\infty}) is zero; the topological sequence entropy of (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}) is positive if and only if that of (M(X),f^0,)(\mathcal{M}(X),\hat{f}_{0,\infty}) is infinite. By applying this result, we obtain some big differences between entropies of nonautonomous dynamical systems and that of autonomous dynamical systems. Finally, we study whether multi-sensitivity of (X,f0,)(X,f_{0,\infty}) imply positive or infinite topological sequence entropy.

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@article{arxiv.2309.05225,
  title  = {Topological sequence entropy of nonautonomous dynamical systems},
  author = {Hua Shao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.05225},
  year   = {2023}
}
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