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Dynamical Systems of Algebraic Origin

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Klaus Schmidt

    1. Fak. Mathematik, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

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  • Beautifully written monograph on an interesting topic in ergodic theory
  • First systematic account of the ergodic theory of algebraic Zd-actions
  • Valuable to researchers and graduate students of ergodic theory
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Modern Birkhäuser Classics (MBC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. CHAPTER I Group actions by automorphisms of compact groups

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    Pages 1-33

  3. CHAPTER II \(\mathbb{Z}^{d}\)-actions on compact abelian groups

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    Pages 35-75

  4. CHAPTER III Expansive automorphisms of compact groups

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    Pages 77-92

  5. CHAPTER IV Periodic points

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    Pages 93-104

  6. CHAPTER V Entropy

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    Pages 105-149

  7. CHAPTER VI Positive entropy

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    Pages 151-219

  8. CHAPTER VII Zero entropy

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    Pages 221-259

  9. CHAPTER VIII Mixing

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    Pages 261-283

  10. CHAPTER IX Rigidity

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    Pages 285-300

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 301-310
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About this book

Although much of classical ergodic theory is concerned with single transformations and one-parameter flows, the subject inherits from statistical mechanics not only its name, but also an obligation to analyze spatially extended systems with multidimensional symmetry groups. However, the wealth of concrete and natural examples which has contributed so much to the appeal and development of classical dynamics, is noticeably absent in this more general theory. The purpose of this book is to help remedy this scarcity of explicit examples by introducing​ a class of continuous Zd-actions diverse enough to exhibit many of the new phenomena encountered in the transition from Z to Zd, but which nevertheless lends itself to systematic study: the Zd-actions by automorphisms of compact, abelian groups. One aspect of these actions, not surprising in itself but quite striking in its extent and depth nonetheless, is the connection with commutative algebra and arithmetical algebraic geometry. The algebraic framework resulting from this connection allows the construction of examples with a variety of specified dynamical properties, and by combining algebraic and dynamical tools one obtains a quite detailed understanding of this class of Zd-actions.

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  • Fak. Mathematik, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

    Klaus Schmidt

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Klaus Schmidt is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Vienna, Austria.

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