The structure of arbitrary Conze-Lesigne systems

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Authors: Asgar Jamneshan, Or Shalom, Terence Tao 

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a countable abelian group. An (abstract) $Gamma$-system $mathrmX$ - that is, an (abstract) probability space equipped with an (abstract) probability-preserving action of $Gamma$ - is said to be a Conze-Lesigne system if it is equal to its second Host-Kra-Ziegler factor $mathrm{Z}^2(mathrmX)$. The main result of this paper is a structural description of such Conze-Lesigne systems for arbitrary countable abelian $Gamma$, namely that they are the inverse limit of translational systems $G_n/Lambd{a}_n$ arising from locally compact nilpotent groups $G_n$ of nilpotency class $2$, quotiented by a lattice $Lambd{a}_n$. Results of this type were previously known when $Gamma$ was finitely generated, or the product of cyclic groups. In a companion paper, two of us will apply this structure theorem to obtain an inverse theorem for the Gowers $U^3(G)$ norm for arbitrary finite abelian groups $G$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Entropy and other invariants, isomorphism, classification in ergodic theory (37A35)

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