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On the entropies of subshifts of finite type on countable amenable groups

Authors :
Sebastián Barbieri
Source :
Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics. 15:607-638
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
European Mathematical Society - EMS - Publishing House GmbH, 2021.

Abstract

Let $G,H$ be two countable amenable groups. We introduce the notion of group charts, which gives us a tool to embed an arbitrary $H$-subshift into a $G$-subshift. Using an entropy addition formula derived from this formalism we prove that whenever $H$ is finitely presented and admits a subshift of finite type (SFT) on which $H$ acts freely, then the set of real numbers attained as topological entropies of $H$-SFTs is contained in the set of topological entropies of $G$-SFTs modulo an arbitrarily small additive constant for any finitely generated group $G$ which admits a translation-like action of $H$. In particular, we show that the set of topological entropies of $G$-SFTs on any such group which has decidable word problem and admits a translation-like action of $\mathbb{Z}^2$ coincides with the set of non-negative upper semi-computable real numbers. We use this result to give a complete characterization of the entropies of SFTs in several classes of groups.<br />Comment: 4 nicely drawn figures. Last update improves the results of Sec 3.2 and fixes a few typos

Details

ISSN :
16617207
Volume :
15
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....121a99f5a21ed3939bc61fc699e39df8