Closed orbits of \((G,\tau)\)-extension of ergodic toral automorphisms (Q1811883)

Summary: Let \(A:T\to T\) be an ergodic automorphism of a finite-dimensional torus \(T\). Also, let \(G\) be the set of elements in \(T\) with some fixed finite order. Then, \(G\) acts on the right of \(T\), and by denoting the restriction of \(A\) to \(G\) by \(\tau\), we have \(A(xg)=A(x)\tau(g)\) for all \(x\in T\) and \(g\in G\). Now, let \(\widetilde{A}: \widetilde{T}\rightarrow \widetilde{T}\) be the (ergodic) automorphism induced by the \(G\)-action on \(T\). Let \(\widetilde{\tau}\) be an \(\widetilde{A}\)-closed orbit (i.e., periodic orbit) and \(\tau\) an \(A\)-closed orbit which is a lift of \(\widetilde{\tau}\). Then, the degree of \(\tau\) over \(\widetilde{\tau}\) is defined by the integer \(\text{deg}({\tau}/{\widetilde{\tau}})=\lambda(\tau)/\lambda(\widetilde{\tau})\), where \(\lambda(.)\) denotes the (least) period of the respective closed orbits. Suppose that \(\tau_1,\dotsc,\tau_t\) are the distinct \(A\)-closed orbits that cover \(\widetilde{\tau}\). Then, \(\text{deg}({\tau_1}/{\widetilde{\tau}})+\cdots+\text{deg}({\tau_t}/{\widetilde{\tau}})=|G|\). Now, let \(\underline{l}=(\text{deg}({\tau_1}/{\widetilde{\tau}}),\dotsc, \text{deg}({\tau_t}/{\widetilde{\tau}}))\). Then, the previous equation implies that the \(t\)-tuple \(\underline{l}\) is a partition of the integer \(|G|\) (after reordering if needed). In this case, we say that \(\widetilde{\tau}\) induces the partition \(\underline{l}\) of the integer \(|G|\). Our aim in this paper is to characterize this partition \(\underline{l}\) for which \(A_{\underline{l}}=\{\widetilde{\tau}\subset \widetilde{T}: \widetilde{\tau}\) induces the partition \(\underline{l}\}\) is nonempty and provides an asymptotic formula involving the closed orbits in such a set as their period goes to infinity.