Poisson representation and Furstenberg entropy of hypergroups (Q6175740)

Topological hypergroups generalize in many ways locally compact groups. But unlike groups the underlying space \(X\) of a hypergroup does not require an algebraic structure making it difficult to generalize results from groups to hypergroups. In order to do so most authors make use of the algebraic structure inherited from the convolution of measures on \(M_c(X)\) to extend results from groups to hypergroups. In this article the authors consider the theory of Poisson boundary, tail boundary and the associated entropy theory of groups and extend it to the class of discrete hypergroups. At first the authors set the foundational work needed for developing such a theory for hypergroups, essentially defining the basic concepts of random walk for topological hypergroups which will ease the introduction of Poisson boundary, tail boundary and the associated entropy theory. Basic results in connection with such extensions are established. Essentially the authors solve the identification problem for the Poisson boundary of finite range random walks on permutation hypergroups associated with affine groups of homogenous trees. Examples of random walks on these hypergroups that have a countable infinite Poisson boundary are also provided.