Forward limit sets of semigroups of substitutions

arXiv2305.00078MaRDI QIDQ6434702FDOQ6434702

Authors: Ibai Aedo, Uwe Grimm, Ian Short 

Publication date: 28 April 2023

Abstract: We introduce the forward limit set $Lambda$ of a semigroup $S$ generated by a family of substitutions of a finite alphabet, which typically coincides with the set of all possible s-adic limits of that family. We provide several alternative characterisations of the forward limit set. For instance, we prove that $Lambda$ is the unique maximal closed and strongly $S$-invariant subset of the space of all infinite words, and we prove that it is the closure of the set of all fixed points and their images under $S$. It is usually difficult to compute a forward limit set explicitly; however, we show that, provided certain assumptions hold, $Lambda$ is uncountable, and we supply upper bounds on its size in terms of logarithmic Hausdorff dimension.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symbolic dynamics (37B10) Transformation groups and semigroups (topological aspects) (54H15)

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