Algebraic entropy on strongly compactly covered groups

Abstract: We introduce a new class of locally compact groups, namely the strongly compactly covered groups, which are the Hausdorff topological groups

G

such that every element of

G

is contained in a compact open normal subgroup of

G

. For continuous endomorphisms

p h i : G o G

of these groups we compute the algebraic entropy and study its properties. Also an Addition Theorem is available under suitable conditions.

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The authors consider the algebraic entropy of continuous endomorphisms on what they call strongly compactly covered groups; these are topological groups in which every compact set is contained in some compact open normal subgroup. The entropy is defined as \(h_{\mathrm{alg}}(\phi)=\sup_U H_{\mathrm{alg}}(\phi,U)\), where \(U\) varies over the compact neighbourhoods of the neutral element. The quantity \(H_{\mathrm{alg}}(\phi,U)\) is defined as \[ \limsup_{n\to\infty}\frac{\log\mu(T_n(\phi,U))}{n} \] where \(\mu\) is (some) Haar measure and \(T_n(\phi,U)=U\cdot\phi[U]\cdot\cdots\cdot\phi^{n-1}[U]\). The authors provide basic properties of this invariant, a limit-free formula, equality with the topological entropy of the dual endomorphism and an addition theorem for coordinate-wise products of endomorphisms.

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