Mixing automorphisms of compact groups and a theorem by Kurt Mahler
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Mixing automorphisms of compact groups and a theorem by Kurt Mahler
zbMATH Open document ID: 0678.22002
author: Klaus Schmidt
published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let X be a compact metrizable abelian group and let N be its (discrete) dual group. Suppose there is an action \(\alpha\) of \({\mathbb{Z}}^ d\) on X by automorphisms \(\alpha_{\underset \tilde{} n}\) (\(\underset \tilde{} n\in {\mathbb{Z}}^ d)\). Let \(R_ d={\mathbb{Z}}[u_ 1^{\pm 1},...,u_ d^{\pm 1}]\) denote the ring of Laurent polynomials with integer coefficients in d variables. In a natural way, N is in \(R_ d\) module; if \(\underset \tilde{} n=(n_ 1,...,n_ d)\), the automorphism \(\alpha_{\underset \tilde{} n}\) on X corresponds to \(a\mapsto u_ 1^{n_ 1}...u_ d^{n_ d}.a\) on N. This paper is one of a series in which dynamical properties of the action are discussed using algebraic properties of the module. (The reader should look out for the author's book ``Algebraic ideas in ergodic theory'' which will appear in the CBMS series of the American Mathematical Society.) One particular feature of the correspondence between dynamics and algebra is that (X,\(\alpha)\) satisfies the descending chain condition (that is, every decreasing sequence of \(\alpha\)-invariant closed subgroups is eventually constant) if and only if N is finitely generated. The action \(\alpha\) is r-mixing if for all measurable \(B_ 0,B_ 1,...,B_ r\) in X \[ \lim \lambda (B_ 0\cap \alpha_{\underset \tilde{} n_ 1}(B_ 1)\cap...\cap \alpha_{\underset \tilde{} n_ r}(B_ r))=\lambda (B_ 0).\lambda (B_ 1)...\lambda (B_ r), \] where \(\lambda\) is Haar measure and the limit is taken over all sets \(\{\) \(\underset \tilde{} n_ 1,...,\underset \tilde{} n_ r\}\subseteq {\mathbb{Z}}^ d\) with \(n_ i\to \infty\) and \(n_ i-n_ j\to \infty\) if \(i\neq j\). Mixing means 1-mixing. A shape is a subset \(\{\) \(\underset \tilde{} n_ 0,\underset \tilde{} n_ 1,...,\underset \tilde{} n_ r\}\) of \({\mathbb{Z}}^ d\); the shape is mixing if (with \(B_ 0,...,B_ r\) as above) \[ \lim_{k\to \infty}\lambda (\alpha_{k\underset \tilde{} n_ 0}(B_ 0)\cap...\cap \alpha_{k\underset \tilde{} n_ r}(B_ r))=\lambda (B_ 0)...\la…
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22D40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37A99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22D45
zbMATH DE Number: 4110964
zbMATH Keywords: compact metrizable abelian group
zbMATH Keywords: dual group
zbMATH Keywords: dynamical properties
zbMATH Keywords: Haar measure
zbMATH Keywords: descending chain condition
zbMATH Keywords: shape
reviewed by: J. Pym
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: pjm.1989.137.371
OpenAlex ID: W2053064452
DOI: 10.2140/PJM.1989.137.371
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