The variational principle for a class of asymptotically abelian \(C^*\)-algebras (Q5940534)

The authors introduce, for a C*-dynamical system \((A,\alpha)\), the notion of pressure \(P_{\alpha}(H)\) of the automorphism \(\alpha\) at a self-adjoint operator \(H \in A\). Then the variational principle is proved for a class of some AF-systems, i.e. in this class it is shown that \(P_{\alpha}(H)\) is the supremum of the quantities \(h_{\phi}(\alpha) -\phi(H)\), where \(h_{\phi}(\alpha)\) is the Connes-Narnhofer-Thirring dynamical entropy of \(\alpha\) with respect to the \(\alpha\)-invariant state \(\phi\). As a consequence, Voiculescu's topological entropy is equal to the supremum of \(h_{\phi}(\alpha)\) and any state of finite maximal entropy is a trace.