The discriminant invariant of Cantor group actions

Symbolic dynamics (37B10) Dynamics induced by group actions other than (mathbb{Z}) and (mathbb{R}), and (mathbb{C}) (37C85) Special maps on topological spaces (open, closed, perfect, etc.) (54C10) Continua and generalizations (54F15) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10)

Abstract: In this work, we investigate the dynamical and geometric properties of weak solenoids, as part of the development of a "calculus of group chains" associated to Cantor minimal actions. The study of the properties of group chains was initiated in the works of McCord 1965 and Fokkink and Oversteegen 2002, to study the problem of determining which weak solenoids are homogeneous continua. We develop an alternative condition for the homogeneity in terms of the Ellis semigroup of the action, then investigate the relationship between non-homogeneity of a weak solenoid and its discriminant invariant, which we introduce in this work. A key part of our study is the construction of new examples that illustrate various subtle properties of group chains that correspond to geometric properties of non-homogeneous weak solenoids.

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The authors investigate the dynamical and geometric properties of weak solenoids. An interesting and not so easy problem is to detect when a weak solenoid is homogeneous. Here a topological space \(X\) is homogeneous if for all \(x,y\in X\) there is a homeomorphism \(f: X\to X\) such that \(f(x) = y\). It is known that some but not all weak solenoids are homogeneous. It was shown for example by \textit{R. Fokkink} and \textit{L. Oversteegen} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 354, No. 9, 3743--3755 (2002; Zbl 0998.54018)] that the group chain \(\{G_i\}_{i\geq 0}\) associated to a weak solenoid \(S\) is weakly normal if and only if \(S\) is homogeneous. In general it is difficult to detect weak normality, and so the first point of this paper is to obtain a computable invariant of a group chain which reveals weak normality. The authors approach to this problem is by using ideas in topological dynamics to define invariants of the conjugate equivalence class of the group chain. They make very clever use of the Ellis semigroup of continuous actions and then investigate the relationship between non-homogeneity of a weak solenoid and its so-called discriminant invariant. In addition to this, several other interesting results are obtained.

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