Entropy conjugacy for Markov multi-maps of the interval

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Abstract: We consider a class mathcalF of Markov multi-maps on the unit interval. Any multi-map gives rise to a space of trajectories, which is a closed, shift-invariant subset of [0,1]mathbbZ+. For a multi-map in mathcalF, we show that the space of trajectories is (Borel) entropy conjugate to an associated shift of finite type. Additionally, we characterize the set of numbers that can be obtained as the topological entropy of a multi-map in mathcalF.


The authors consider a class \(\mathcal{F}\) of Markov multi-maps of the unit interval. A multi-map of the unit interval is a set-valued function on \([0,1]\) that assigns to each point a closed subset of \([0,1]\). Each multi-map gives rise to a shift map on the space of its trajectories, which is a closed and shift-invariant subset of \([0,1]^{\mathbb{Z}_+}\). Meanwhile, for each Markov multi-map \(F\) in \(\mathcal{F}\), one may also associate to it a shift of finite types, which is induced by a 0-1 matrix \(M=M(F)\). The authors show that the two shift maps are (Borel) entropy conjugate to each other for every Markov multi-map in \(\mathcal{F}\). In particular, this implies that they have the same topological entropy and the same number of measures of maximal entropy. Furthermore, the authors identify all possible values of the topological entropies of the Markov multi-maps in \(\mathcal{F}\), which are exactly all positive rational multiples of the logarithms of the Perron numbers.











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