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Variational principles for topological entropies of subsets

Dynamical Systems 2010-12-07 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let (X,T)(X,T) be a topological dynamical system. We define the measure-theoretical lower and upper entropies hμ(T)\underline{h}_\mu(T), hˉμ(T)\bar{h}_\mu(T) for any μM(X)\mu\in M(X), where M(X)M(X) denotes the collection of all Borel probability measures on XX. For any non-empty compact subset KK of XX, we show that \htopB(T,K)=sup{hμ(T):μM(X),  μ(K)=1},\htop^B(T, K)= \sup \{\underline{h}_\mu(T): \mu\in M(X),\; \mu(K)=1\}, \htopP(T,K)=sup{hˉμ(T):μM(X),  μ(K)=1}.\htop^P(T, K)= \sup \{\bar{h}_\mu(T): \mu\in M(X),\; \mu(K)=1\}. where \htopB(T,K)\htop^B(T, K) denotes Bowen's topological entropy of KK, and \htopP(T,K)\htop^P(T, K) the packing topological entropy of KK. Furthermore, when \htop(T)<\htop(T)<\infty, the first equality remains valid when KK is replaced by an arbitrarily analytic subset of XX. The second equality always extends to any analytic subset of XX.

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@article{arxiv.1012.1103,
  title  = {Variational principles for topological entropies of subsets},
  author = {De-Jun Feng and Wen Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1103},
  year   = {2010}
}
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