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Transitive map on a profinite group
Let $f$ be a continuous endomorphism of a compact Hausdorff totally disconnected topological group $G$ and let $H$ be a closed normal subgroup of G such that $f(H)\subseteq H$ and with $\mu(H)=0$ ...
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On the iterated automorphism groups of the cyclic groups
Let $C_n$ be the cyclic group of order $n$. Its automorphism group $Aut(C_n)$ is a group of order $\varphi(n)$ isomorphic to $(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^{\times}$ the multiplicative group of integer ...
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Topological amenability of actions - forgetting topology
Let $G$ be a (countable) discrete group and let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space.
Assume that $G$ acts on $X$ by homeomorphisms. Recall that the action is (topologically) amenable if there ...
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Is this submonoid of the isometry group on $\Bbb Q_2$ closed to inverses? [closed]
Let $\textrm{aff}(ax+b)$ be the affine group on $\Bbb Z_2^\times$
i.e. the set of linear polynomials over 2-adic numbers with $a\in\Bbb Z_2^\times, b\in\Bbb Z_2$
Now let $X$ be the restriction of its ...
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Decidability of whether two polynomial bijections generate a free group
I am wondering about the decidability of the following question:
Given two polynomial bijections $f, g$ from the real numbers to the real numbers (with say rational coefficient just to simplify what &...
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Intersection of Fourier analysis (especially on the transform) and group theory, number theory, dynamical systems, etc
I am considering a PhD research topic. I only have a math Bachelor's degree with working experience mostly in teaching and I have been working on a paper. I have deep interest in Fourier Series and ...
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Proof of Zimmer's cocycle super-rigidity theorem
I was reading the proof of Zimmer's cocycle super-rigidity theorem from the book 'Ergodic theory and semi-simple groups' by Robert Zimmer (Theorem 5.2.5, page 98). But I am not able to understand it. ...
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Rokhlin lemma for arbitrary infinite groups.
Let $G$ be an at most countable discrete group acting freely on a standard probability measure space $X$ in a measure preserving way.
It is well known that if $G$ is a finite group then this action ...
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Group actions and "transfinite dynamics"
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sym{Sym}$I have a question about what I shall name here "transfinite dynamics" because it involves iterating a topological dynamical system $G \curvearrowright X$ ...
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Topological full groups of subshifts: differences between one-dimensional and multi-dimensional subshifts
For a multidimensional subshift $X$ over $\mathbb Z^d$, the topological full group $[X]$ is the set of homeomorphisms $f$ of $X$ that can be written as $f : x \mapsto \sigma_{c(x)}(x)$ with $c : X \to ...
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Building random homeomorphisms of the torus $\mathbb T^2$
In https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3423, a family of random homeomorphisms of the circle is constructed. Main Question: Can the construction be generalized to higher space dimensions, e.g. to $\mathbb T^2$?...
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A measure on the group of homeomorphisms of $\mathbb T^2$
Let us consider the group of measure-preserving homeomorphisms of $\mathbb T^2$ (with transformations identified if they agree almost
everywhere) called $G[\mathbb T^2, \mathcal L^2]$. We shall ...
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Malliavin-Shavgulidze (type) measures on the group of measure-preserving invertible maps on $\mathbb T$?
The Malliavin-Shavgulidze measures on $\operatorname{Diff}^{1}(I)$ (with $I$ an interval of $\mathbb R$) are defined as the image $W_{\sigma} \circ f^{-1}$ of the Wiener measure $W_{\sigma}$ with ...
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Topologically mixing cellular automata on groups
For which group-alphabet pairs $(G, A)$ does $(G, A^G)$ admit a topologically mixing cellular automaton?
Definitions:
Let $G$ be a (discrete) group. An alphabet is a finite set of cardinality at ...
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Minimal actions commuting with amenable actions of $\mathbb{F}_2$
For a countable discrete group $G$ acting by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space $X$, we say that $G\curvearrowright X$ is (topologically) amenable if there exists a sequence of continuous ...
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Bound on the period of the identity (in a free group) for an automorphism followed by left-multiplication
Let $F$ be a finite-rank free group, $g$ an element of $F$ and $\Phi\colon F \to F$ an automorphism. Consider the dynamical system $\psi_g\colon F \to F$ defined by $x \mapsto g\Phi(x)$. Say that $g$ ...
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Asymptotically invariant maps and strongly ergodic actions
Let $\Gamma$ be a countable group which acts strongly ergodically on a probability measure space $(X,\mu)$. Let $\sigma_k:X \rightarrow Y$ be a sequence of measurable functions into a complete metric ...
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About Lie group $G$ has this escape property？
Every Lie group $G$ has the following escape property: For every $x \ne e$ in a sufficiently small neighborhood $U$ of the identity $e$ in $G$, there is a integer $n$ such that $x^n$ is not in $U$.
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Sequences generated from commuted quaternions and general commuted linear transformations
Given a pair of non-commuting linear transformations, $A$ and $B$, define the "next
pair" in a sequence as $A*B$ and $B*A$. I am interested in finite cycles (i.e.,
the sequence eventually ...
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Equivalent definitions of strongly proximal action
Consider the following fragment from the paper "C*-simplicity and the unique trace property for discrete groups" by Breuillard, Kalantar,
Kennedy and Ozawa:
I have two questions:
(1) What ...
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Terminology question in group actions
Given a continuous group action $G \times X \rightarrow X$ on a topological space $X$, is there a standard term for the subsets $K \subset X$ for which
Every open neighborhood of $K$ intersects every ...
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Invariant measure of a subgroup
Let $G$ be an abelian group with a $G$-invariant metric $d$. Let $H$ be a countable dense subgroup of $G$. Let $\mu$ be a non-atomic $\sigma$-finite Borel measure on $G$ that is $H$-invariant. Must it ...
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Free ergodic probability measure-preserving actions of the free group
Let $(X,\mathcal{B},\mu)$ be a standard Borel probability space. Let $\Gamma$ be a countable group.
An action of $\Gamma$ on $X$ is:
essentially free if for all $g \in \Gamma \setminus \{e \}$,...
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Properties of the spectrum of the Koopman representation
Let $G$ be a discrete countable infinite group acting on a compact metric space $X$ via homeomorphisms preserving a probability measure $\mu$.
A function $\lambda\colon G\to \mathbb C$ is an ...
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Seeking to understand meaning of "von Neumann spectrum" in a paper of Bader–Furman–Shaker
In attempting to understand the paper "Superrigidity, Weyl groups, and actions on the circle" of Uri Bader, Alex Furman and Ali Shaker (linked at Furman's page)
I find that towards the end of the ...
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Finding invariant closed subspace which are also subgroups for the action of $\text{SL}(2, \Bbb Z)$ on $\Bbb R^n\times \Bbb R^n$
I recently came across to the following action of $\text{SL}(2,\Bbb Z)$ on the space $\Bbb R^n\times\Bbb R^n$ defined as
$$
\begin{pmatrix}
a & b \\
c & d
\end{pmatrix}\cdot \big(v,\,w\big)\...
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A reference to the fact that a topologically transitive action of a group on a compact metrizable space has a dense orbit
I need a proper reference to the following obvious fact:
An action of a group $G$ on a nonempty compact metrizable space $K$ is topologically transitive (= the orbit $GU$ of any nonempty open set $...
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Homomorphisms from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathrm{Homeo}^+(\mathbb{R})$, or "fractional iterations"
Let $G$ be the group of orientation-preserving homeomorphisms (or, if you prefer, diffeomorphisms) of the real line. Does there exist a natural way to associate, to each function $f \in G$, a ...
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Existence of an orbit of exponential growth for group acting on the real line
Let G be a non-abelian finitely generated subgroup of increasing homeomorphisms of the real line having a fixed point free element $h$ ($hx>x$ for all $x$ in the line). Is there a real number $a$ ...
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Amenable groups acting on the real line, that are not subexponentially-amenable
In the literature, there are several examples of solvable groups acting faithfully by order-preserving homeomorphisms of the real line. There are also examples of groups of intermediate growth with ...
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Relations between $\Omega$-groups, locally indicable groups, and right-orderable groups
We know that the class of right-orderable groups $\mathit{RO}$, is contained in the class of $\Omega$-groups (read it from "A note on group rings of certain torsion-free groups" by Burns-Hale).
A ...
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Asymptotic colouring of edges and vertices, and untwisting cocycles
This question regards colourings on edges and vertices on countable directed multigraphs.
We start with an example. Let $G=\mathbb Z^2$. We define two functions $a_h$ and $a_v$ from $\mathbb Z^2$ to $\...
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Topological amenability vs amenability of an action
Let $G$ be a discrete group and let $X$ be a compact, Hausdorff space.
Assume that $G$ acts on $X$ by homeomorphisms.
Consider the following two definitions:
[$C^*$-algebras and finite dimensional ...
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Hyperbolic group with boundary $S^1$ implies virtually Fuchsian via bounded cohomology?
Question: Is there an approach to $\partial G \cong S^1$ implies virtually Fuchsian using bounded cohomology of $\mathrm{Homeo^+} (S^1)$? If not is there a reason to believe it wouldn't work, or maybe ...
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Has dynamics on $G/\Gamma$ ever been used to prove interesting things about $\Gamma$?
Fix a Lie group $G$ and a discrete subgroup $\Gamma \subset G$. Homogeneous dynamics is about studying the actions of subgroups $H \subset G$ on the quotient $G/\Gamma$.
Does anyone know of an ...
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If two group actions lead to the same orbifold, are they conjugate?
In The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds, Thurston says: "In these examples, it was not hard to construct the quotient space from the group action. In order to go in the opposite direction, we ...
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Action of homeomorphism on real line
An element $f ∈ Homeo^+(\mathbb{R})$ is said to be of :
(1) type A, if it has a trivial germ at ∞ and it does not fix any point in an
interval of the form (−∞, r).
(2) type B, if it has a trivial ...
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Divisible orientation preserving diffeomorphism which is time-$1$ map of no smooth flow
Is there an orientation preserving smooth diffeomorphism $f$ on a compact manifold $M$ such that
for every $n\in \mathbb{N}$, there is a smooth diffeomorphism $g:M \to M$, as $n$th root of ...
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What are some interesting examples of non-classical dynamical systems? (Group action other than $\mathbb{Z}$ or $\mathbb{R}$ )
By classical dynamical system, I mean a measure space together with a measurable action of the integers or the reals. Of course, this action is often interpreted as evolution with respect to discrete ...
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Action on a normal subgroup where each coset acts freely
Given a group G and a normal subgroup N of G, is there an action of G on N such that, whenever g,h are distinct members of the same N-coset, we have g•n≠h•n? If not, then can this be done in the case ...
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Iteration cycles of Z_n weights in path graphs: Why cycles of length 182 for a 6-node path?
Assign to the $n$ nodes of a path graph vertex weights
forming a permutation of $(0,\ldots,n{-}1)$.
Now iterate the following update repeatedly:
Each node sums the weights of its neighbors, and that ...
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Diffeomorphisms of $\mathbf R^n$
Let $G={\rm Diff}_0^c(\mathbf R^n)$, $n\geq 1$, be the group of compactly supported diffeomorphisms isotopic to the identity through compactly supported isotopies.
Question: Is there an example to ...
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Waldspurger Formula as a Torus Integral
I have a research-level but not necessarily new question about certain equidistribution problems. If $\phi \in L^2(S^2)$ then we could define the Weyl sums:
$$ \int \phi \, \mu_d = \frac{1}{|\mathcal{...
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Kac's lemma for amenable group actions
The classical Kac's lemma says the following.
Let $(X,\mu)$ be a probability space and $T$ a measure preserving transformation. Assume $A\subset X$ has positive measure. Then $$\sum_{k\ge 1} k\mu(A_k)...
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Embedding powers of a subshift into full shifts
Let $X$ be a subshift over a finitely generated group $G$.
Let $K(X)$ denote the smallest cardinality of any alphabet $A$ such that $X$ embeds (continuously and $G$-equivariantly) into $A^G$. For ...
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Furstenberg decomposition for non-compact spaces
Given a topological group $G$, a $G$-space is a topological space $X$ equipped with an action of $G$, such that the map $(g,x) \mapsto g.x$ is continuous. The action is distal if no non-diagonal ...
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Fractal-like structures arising from the action of a group on $\mathbb{Z}^2$
Let $G := \langle a, b, c \rangle < {\rm Sym}(\mathbb{Z}^2)$ be the group
generated by the permutation
$$
a: \ (m,n) \ \mapsto \ (m-n,m)
$$
of order $6$ and the involutions
$$
b: \ (m,n) \ \...
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Codistal subgroups of locally compact groups
Let $G$ be a topological group and let $H$ be a closed subgroup of $G$. Say $H$ is codistal in $G$ if the translation action of $G$ on the coset space $G/H$ is distal (meaning that no non-diagonal ...
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Generalizing approximate $\mathbb{Z}$-equivariance of a simple function
Let $f(x) := x^2 + (1-x^2)x$ and $F(x) := \log \frac{x}{1-x}-\frac{1}{x}$. It can be shown (cf. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1865370/) that $F$ is approximately equivariant w/r/t the $\...
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About positive upper density
For $S\subset \mathbb{N}$ define the upper density as $D^{\ast
}(S)=\limsup_{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{\left\vert S\cap \{1,2,\ldots,n\} \right\vert }{%
\left\vert n\right\vert }.$
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