We show that group actions on many treelike compact spaces are not too complicated dynamically.We first observe that an old argument of Seidler(1990)implies that every action of a topological group G on a regular cont...We show that group actions on many treelike compact spaces are not too complicated dynamically.We first observe that an old argument of Seidler(1990)implies that every action of a topological group G on a regular continuum is null and therefore also tame.As every local dendron is regular,one concludes that every action of G on a local dendron is null.We then use a more direct method to show that every continuous group action of G on a dendron is Rosen thal represent able,hence also tame.Similar resul ts are obtained for median pretrees.As a related result,we show that Helly's selection principle can be extended to bounded monotone sequences defined on median pretrees(for example,dendrons or linearly ordered sets).Finally,we point out some applications of these results to continuous group actions on dendrites.展开更多
This paper deals with representations of groups by "affine" automorphisms of compact, convex spaces, with special focus on "irreducible" representations: equivalently"minimal" actions. Wh...This paper deals with representations of groups by "affine" automorphisms of compact, convex spaces, with special focus on "irreducible" representations: equivalently"minimal" actions. When the group in question is P SL(2, R), the authors exhibit a oneone correspondence between bounded harmonic functions on the upper half-plane and a certain class of irreducible representations. This analysis shows that, surprisingly, all these representations are equivalent. In fact, it is found that all irreducible affine representations of this group are equivalent. The key to this is a property called "linear Stone-Weierstrass"for group actions on compact spaces. If it holds for the "universal strongly proximal space"of the group(to be defined), then the induced action on the space of probability measures on this space is the unique irreducible affine representation of the group.展开更多
A classical result of Halmos asserts that among measure preserving transformations the weak mixing property is generic. We extend Halmos' result to the collection of ergolic extensions of a fixed, but arbitrary,ap...A classical result of Halmos asserts that among measure preserving transformations the weak mixing property is generic. We extend Halmos' result to the collection of ergolic extensions of a fixed, but arbitrary,aperiodic transformation T_0. We then use a result of Ornstein and Weiss to extend this relative theorem to the general(countable) amenable group.展开更多
The regionally proximal relation of order d along arithmetic progressions,namely AP[d]for d 2 N,is introduced and investigated.It turns out that if(X;T)is a topological dynamical system with AP[d]=Δ,then each ergodic...The regionally proximal relation of order d along arithmetic progressions,namely AP[d]for d 2 N,is introduced and investigated.It turns out that if(X;T)is a topological dynamical system with AP[d]=Δ,then each ergodic measure of(X;T)is isomorphic to a d-step pro-nilsystem,and thus(X;T)has zero entropy.Moreover,it is shown that if(X;T)is a strictly ergodic distal system with the property that the maximal topological and measurable d-step pro-nilsystems are isomorphic,then AP[d]=RP[d]for each d 2 N.It follows that for a minimal 1-pro-nilsystem,AP[d]=RP[d]for each d 2 N.An example which is a strictly ergodic distal system with discrete spectrum whose maximal equicontinuous factor is not isomorphic to the Kronecker factor is constructed.展开更多
基金supported by the Israel Science Foundation(Grant No.ISF 668/13)
文摘We show that group actions on many treelike compact spaces are not too complicated dynamically.We first observe that an old argument of Seidler(1990)implies that every action of a topological group G on a regular continuum is null and therefore also tame.As every local dendron is regular,one concludes that every action of G on a local dendron is null.We then use a more direct method to show that every continuous group action of G on a dendron is Rosen thal represent able,hence also tame.Similar resul ts are obtained for median pretrees.As a related result,we show that Helly's selection principle can be extended to bounded monotone sequences defined on median pretrees(for example,dendrons or linearly ordered sets).Finally,we point out some applications of these results to continuous group actions on dendrites.
文摘This paper deals with representations of groups by "affine" automorphisms of compact, convex spaces, with special focus on "irreducible" representations: equivalently"minimal" actions. When the group in question is P SL(2, R), the authors exhibit a oneone correspondence between bounded harmonic functions on the upper half-plane and a certain class of irreducible representations. This analysis shows that, surprisingly, all these representations are equivalent. In fact, it is found that all irreducible affine representations of this group are equivalent. The key to this is a property called "linear Stone-Weierstrass"for group actions on compact spaces. If it holds for the "universal strongly proximal space"of the group(to be defined), then the induced action on the space of probability measures on this space is the unique irreducible affine representation of the group.
文摘A classical result of Halmos asserts that among measure preserving transformations the weak mixing property is generic. We extend Halmos' result to the collection of ergolic extensions of a fixed, but arbitrary,aperiodic transformation T_0. We then use a result of Ornstein and Weiss to extend this relative theorem to the general(countable) amenable group.
基金This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11431012,11971455,11571335 and 11371339).
文摘The regionally proximal relation of order d along arithmetic progressions,namely AP[d]for d 2 N,is introduced and investigated.It turns out that if(X;T)is a topological dynamical system with AP[d]=Δ,then each ergodic measure of(X;T)is isomorphic to a d-step pro-nilsystem,and thus(X;T)has zero entropy.Moreover,it is shown that if(X;T)is a strictly ergodic distal system with the property that the maximal topological and measurable d-step pro-nilsystems are isomorphic,then AP[d]=RP[d]for each d 2 N.It follows that for a minimal 1-pro-nilsystem,AP[d]=RP[d]for each d 2 N.An example which is a strictly ergodic distal system with discrete spectrum whose maximal equicontinuous factor is not isomorphic to the Kronecker factor is constructed.
