Mixing actions of the rationals

DOI10.1017/S0143385706000356zbMATH Open1119.37005arXivmath/0501142OpenAlexW2157769444WikidataQ61835150 ScholiaQ61835150MaRDI QIDQ5757204FDOQ5757204

Richard Miles, Thomas B. Ward

Publication date: 6 September 2007

Published in: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study mixing properties of algebraic actions of $mathbb{Q}^d$, showing in particular that prime mixing $mathbb{Q}^d$ actions on connected groups are mixing of all orders, as is the case for $mathbb{Z}^d$-actions. This is shown using a uniform result on the solution of $S$-unit equations in characteristic zero fields due to Evertse, Schlickewei and Schmidt. In contrast, algebraic actions of the much larger group $mathbb{Q}^{*}$ are shown to behave quite differently, with finite order of mixing possible on connected groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0501142

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zbMATH Keywords

algebraic actionsmixing properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodicity, mixing, rates of mixing (37A25) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61)

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