Expansive Subdynamics

Boyle, Mike; Lind, Douglas

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-97-01634-6

Expansive Subdynamics

Authors: Mike Boyle and Douglas Lind
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 349 (1997), 55-102
MSC (1991): Primary 54H20, 58F03; Secondary 28D20, 28D15, 28F15, 58F11, 58F08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-97-01634-6
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Abstract: This paper provides a framework for studying the dynamics of commuting homeomorphisms. Let $\alpha$ be a continuous action of $\mathbb {Z}^d$ on an infinite compact metric space. For each subspace $V$ of $\mathbb {R}^d$ we introduce a notion of expansiveness for $\alpha$ along $V$, and show that there are nonexpansive subspaces in every dimension $\le d-1$. For each $k\le d$ the set $\mathbb {E}_k(\alpha )$ of expansive $k$-dimensional subspaces is open in the Grassmann manifold of all $k$-dimensional subspaces of $\mathbb {R}^d$. Various dynamical properties of $\alpha$ are constant, or vary nicely, within a connected component of $\mathbb {E}_k(\alpha )$, but change abruptly when passing from one expansive component to another. We give several examples of this sort of “phase transition,” including the topological and measure-theoretic directional entropies studied by Milnor, zeta functions, and dimension groups. For $d=2$ we show that, except for one unresolved case, every open set of directions whose complement is nonempty can arise as an $\mathbb {E}_1(\alpha )$. The unresolved case is that of the complement of a single irrational direction. Algebraic examples using commuting automorphisms of compact abelian groups are an important source of phenomena, and we study several instances in detail. We conclude with a set of problems and research directions suggested by our analysis.

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