Broken family sensitivity in transitive systems (Q2122199)

Let \((X, T)\) be a dynamical system, \(n \geq 2\) and \(\mathcal F\) be a Furstenberg family of subsets of \(\mathbb Z_+\). A new kind of sensitivity is defined: Definition. \((X, T)\) is broken \(\mathcal F\)-\(n\)-sensitive if there exist \(\delta >0\) and \(F\in \mathcal F\) such that for every open nonempty subset \(U\subset X\) and every \(l\in \mathbb N\) there exist \( x^l_1, x^l_2,\dots, x^l_n \in U\) and \(m_l\in \mathbb Z_+\) with \[ \min_{1\leq i <j \leq n} d(T^k x^l_i, T^k x^l_j ) >\delta, \forall k\in m_l +F\cap [1,l]. \] Denote by \(\mathcal F_{inf}\) the family of all infinite subsets of \(\mathbb Z_+\), \(\mathcal F_{ps}\)-piecewise syndetic sets and \(\mathcal F_{pubd}\) all positive upper Banach density subsets, respectively. There are two main results for transitive \((X,T)\): (1) If \(\mathcal F =\mathcal F_{ps}\) or \(\mathcal F =\mathcal F_{pubd}\) then \((X, T)\) is broken \(\mathcal F\)-\(n\)-sensitive iff there exists an essential \(n\)-sensitive tuple which is an \(\mathcal F\)-recurrent point of \((X^n, T^{(n)})\); (2) \((X, T)\) is broken \(\mathcal F_{inf}\)-\(n\)-sensitive iff an essential \(n\)-sensitive tuple \((x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\) in \((X,T)\) such that \[ \limsup_{k\to \infty} \min_{1\leq i <j \leq n} d(T^kx_i,T^kx_j) >0. \] Some properties are obtained by analyzing the factor maps and their maximal equicontinuous factors. Relations to different notions of sensitivity are also discussed.