Polynomial entropy and expansivity

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Abstract: In this paper we study the polynomial entropy of homeomorphism on compact metric space. We construct a homeomorphism on a compact metric space with vanishing polynomial entropy that it is not equicontinuous. Also we give examples with arbitrarily small polynomial entropy. Finally, we show that expansive homeomorphisms and positively expansive maps of compact metric spaces with infinitely many points have polynomial entropy greater or equal than 1.


For a homeomorphism \(f:X\to X\) of a compact metric space \((X,d)\) a set \(E\) is said to \((n,\epsilon)\)-span if for any \(x\in X\) there is some \(y\in E\) with \(d(f^kx,f^ky)\leqslant\epsilon\) for \(k=0,\dots,n-1\). Writing \(r_n(\epsilon)\) for the minimum cardinality of an \((n,\epsilon)\)-spanning set, the usual topological entropy of \(f\) is defined to be \(\lim_{\epsilon\to0}\limsup_{n\to\infty}(1/n)\log r_n(\epsilon)\). Here a `polynomial entropy' is defined, following the work of \textit{J.-P. Marco} [Regul. Chaotic Dyn. 18, No. 6, 623--655 (2013; Zbl 1286.70022)], as \(\lim_{\epsilon\to0}\limsup_{n\to\infty}(1/\log n)\log r_n(\epsilon)\). This may be viewed as a measure of the orbit complexity for systems with zero topological entropy. Here examples are given of homeomorphisms with vanishing polynomial entropy that are not equicontinuous, and it is shown that expansive homeomorphisms have polynomial entropy greater than or equal to \(1\) unless the space \(X\) is finite.











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