A hierarchy of topological systems with completely positive entropy (Q2046146)

The authors introduce a hierarchy of topological dynamical systems that lie between uniformly positive entropy (UPE) and topological completely positive entropy (CPE). The hierarchy basically consists of three levels. The authors present a local version of a result by \textit{T. Meyerovitch} [Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 39, No. 9, 2570--2591 (2019; Zbl 1431.37030)] by using the formalism of entropy pairs. Then, they prove that a sort of converse also holds. Let \((X, T)\) be a \(G\)-topological dynamical system (\(G\)-TDS), where \(X\) is a compact metric space and \(T\) is a left \(G\)-action on \(X\) by homeomorphisms. Denote the set of entropy pairs by \(\mathrm{E}(X, T)\) and by \(\mathrm{A}^{\varepsilon}(X, T)\) the set of pairs \((x, y)\) for which \(d(gx, gy) > \varepsilon\) for finitely many \(g\in G\) and by \(\mathrm{A}(X,T)=\bigcap\limits_{\varepsilon>0}\mathrm{A}^{\varepsilon}(X, T)\) the set of asymptotic pairs. Let \(\Delta\) be the diagonal of \(X^2\). The authors prove the following claim. Theorem. Let \((X, T)\) be a \(G\)-TDS with the pseudo-orbit tracing property. (1) If \((x, y)\in \mathrm{E}(X, T)\), then \((x, y)\in\overline{\mathrm{A}^{\varepsilon}(X, T)}\setminus \Delta\) for every \(\varepsilon>0\) and there exists an invariant measure \(\mu\) such that \(x, y \in \mathrm{supp}(\mu)\). (2) If \((x, y)\in \mathrm{A}(X, T)\) and there exists an invariant measure \(\mu\) such that \(x, y \in \mathrm{supp}(\mu)\), then \((x, y)\in \mathrm{E}(X, T)\cup \Delta\). A new proof of a result by \textit{R. Pavlov} [Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 38, No. 5, 1894--1922 (2016; Zbl 1396.37010)] is given and this is extended to countable amenable groups. Further, the authors prove that there is a topologically weakly mixing \(\mathbb{Z}^{3}\)-SFT with topological CPE which does not have BCE. Some examples are given. Finally, they prove that for every countable ordinal \(\alpha\) the CPE class \(\alpha\) is non-empty. The asymptotic hierarchy of subshifts is studied. In particular, it is proved that there exists a \(\mathbb{Z}^{3}\)-SFT in the asymptotic class 3.