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Examples in the entropy theory of countable group actions

Dynamical Systems 2020-11-25 v3

Abstract

Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy is an invariant of measure-preserving actions of the group of integers that is central to classification theory. There are two recently developed invariants, sofic entropy and Rokhlin entropy, that generalize classical entropy to actions of countable groups. These new theories have counterintuitive properties such as factor maps that increase entropy. This survey article focusses on examples, many of which have not appeared before, that highlight the differences and similarities with classical theory.

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@article{arxiv.1704.06349,
  title  = {Examples in the entropy theory of countable group actions},
  author = {Lewis Bowen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06349},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

130 pages. A large number of minor errors corrected from the previous version

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