Distortion and the automorphism group of a shift

DOI10.3934/JMD.2018015zbMATH Open1407.37022arXiv1611.05913OpenAlexW2963791575MaRDI QIDQ1717643FDOQ1717643

Samuel Petite, Bryna Kra, Van Cyr, John Franks

Publication date: 8 February 2019

Published in: Journal of Modern Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The set of automorphisms of a one-dimensional shift $(X,sigma)$ forms a countable, but often very complicated, group. For zero entropy shifts, it has recently been shown that the automorphism group is more tame. We provide the first examples of countable groups that cannot embed into the automorphism group of any zero entropy shiftno. In particular, we show that the Baumslag-Solitar groups $mBS(1,n)$ and all other groups that contain exponentially distorted elements cannot embed into $mAut(X)$ when $h_{mtop}(X)=0$. We further show that distortion in nilpotent groups gives a nontrivial obstruction to embedding such a group in any low complexity shift.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05913

zbMATH Keywords

subshiftautomorphismdistortionnonexpansive

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups as automorphisms of other structures (22F50) Symbolic dynamics (37B10) Dynamical aspects of cellular automata (37B15)

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