The group of asynchronous automata and rational homeomorphisms of the Cantor set (Q5942073)

This short note describes without proofs some classes of automaton groups and semigroups (in the sense of \textit{V. M. Glushkov} [Russ. Math. Surv. 16, No. 5, 1--53 (1961); translation from Usp. Mat. Nauk 16, No. 5, 3-62 (1961; Zbl 0104.35404)]) and their application to dynamical systems defined by homeomorphisms of the Cantor set. In addition to the references, material on algebraic properties of the group of automorphisms of a shift of finite type may be found in the paper of \textit{M. Boyle}, \textit{D. Lind} and \textit{D. Rudolph} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 306, 71--114 (1988; Zbl 0664.28006)].