Almost full entropy subshifts uncorrelated to the Möbius function

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNX192zbMATH Open1436.37009arXiv1611.02084OpenAlexW2963044715MaRDI QIDQ5243271FDOQ5243271

T. Downarowicz, J. Serafin

Publication date: 18 November 2019

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that if $y=(y_n{)}_{nge1}$ is a bounded sequence with zero average along every infinite arithmetic progression then for every $Nge2$ there exist (unilateral or bilateral) subshifts $Sigma$ over $N$ symbols, with entropy arbitrarily close to $logN$, uncorrelated to $y$. In particular, for $y=mu$ being the M"obius function, we get that there exist subshifts as above which satisfy the assertion of Sarnak's conjecture. The existence of positive entropy systems uncorrelated to the M"obius function is claimed in Sarnak's survey cite{sarnak} (and attributed to Bourgain), however, to our knowledge no examples have ever been published. We fill in this gap and by the way we show that this has nothing to do with more advanced algebraic properties (for instance multiplicativity) of the considered sequence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02084

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zbMATH Keywords

Sarnak's conjectureinfinite arithmetic progressionMöbius function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25) Relations between ergodic theory and number theory (37A44) Multidimensional shifts of finite type (37B51)

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