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Non-commutative skew-product extension dynamical systems

Dynamical Systems 2025-08-13 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

Starting from a uniquely ergodic action of a locally compact group GG on a compact space X0X_0, we consider non-commutative skew-product extensions of the dynamics, on the crossed product C(X0)αZC(X_0)\rtimes_\alpha\mathbb{Z}, through a 11-cocycle of GG in T\mathbb{T}, with α\alpha commuting with the given dynamics. We first prove that any such two skew-product extensions are conjugate if and only if the corresponding cocycles are cohomologous. We then study unique ergodicity and unique ergodicity w.r.t. the fixed-point subalgebra by characterizing both in terms of the cocycle assigning the dynamics. The set of all invariant states is also determined: it is affinely homeomorphic with P(T)\mathcal{P}(\mathbb{T}), the Borel probability measures on the one-dimensional torus T\mathbb{T}, as long as the system is not uniquely ergodic. Finally, we show that unique ergodicity w.r.t. the fixed-point subalgebra of a skew-product extension amounts to the uniqueness of an invariant conditional expectation onto the fixed-point subalgebra

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@article{arxiv.2410.07255,
  title  = {Non-commutative skew-product extension dynamical systems},
  author = {Vitonofrio Crismale and Simone Del Vecchio and Maria Elena Griseta and Stefano Rossi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.07255},
  year   = {2025}
}

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28 pages

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