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Using the von Neumann crossed product to introduce a measure on the orbit space?
Suppose we're given an action (possibly: ergodic) of a group G (say, $\mathbb{R}$) on a measure space $(X, \mu)$ (possibly: a standard probability space).
Question: is there a natural way of using the ...
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Countable companions for Polish locally compact groups and their orbit equivalence relations
In "Countable sections for locally compact group actions" (Ergod. Th. & Dynam. Sys., 1992), Kechris proved that if $G$ is a Polish locally compact group acting in a Borel way on a ...
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Non-recurrent points of $F(a,b)=(b,ba)$ in a compact metric group $G$
Consider a compact metric group $G$ [A compact topological group $G$ where the topology is generated by an invariant metric]. I am particularly interested in the case where $G$ is the $n$-dimensional ...
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A property of rapid sequences of natural numbers
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Taras Banakh and me proceed a long quest answering a question of ougao at ...
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Locally compact Polish groups acting on standard Lebesgue spaces
If $G$ is a countable discrete group, then one can consider the Bernoulli shift $2^G$. $G$ acts on $2^G$ via shift, and letting $\mu$ be the product of the $(1/2, 1/2)$-measure in each coordinate, ...
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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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Banach density of a sequence of spheres in a virtually nilpotent group
Let $G$ be a finitely-generated group of polynomial growth equipped with the word metric (with respect to a fixed symmetric generating set).
Let
\begin{equation*}
A = \left\{ g \in G: |g| = mn, n \...
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Discrete spectrum and almost periodicity
According to Vershik, an ergodic invertible measure-preserving transformation $T$ on a Lebesgue space $X$ has discrete spectrum if and only if for every bounded measurable function $f\colon X \to \...
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Eigenfunction of ergodic skew product fixed by commutator?
Background: Let $(Y, \mathcal{B},\mu,T)$ be an ergodic probability system and let $G$ be a compact metrizable group with compact subgroup $H$. Given a measurable map $\rho:Y \to G$. We may define the ...
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Automorphism group of compact abelian group
I am looking for references on the automorphism group $\mathrm{Aut}(X)$ of a compact abelian group $X$. By automorphisms I mean topological group automorphisms. Some particular questions are as ...
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Do syndetic sets on amenable semigroups have positive upper density?
Let $\mathbb{G}$ be a discrete amenable semigroup, and $\left\{ F_{n}\right\} $
a Folner sequence.
For $S\subset \mathbb{G}$ define the upper density as $D^{\ast
}(S)=\limsup_{n\rightarrow \infty }\...
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Picking a representative in a continuous way
I'm hoping for some ideas/pointers here. I'm experimenting with a Livschitz theorem for functions on a locally compact Abelian group, where the periodic orbit sums take values in a closed subgroup.
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orbits in locally compact group
As everyone knows if $x\in S^1$, then the set $\{ x^n \}$ is either finite or dense. Under which condition is true for any other locally compact group, i.e if $G$ is a locally compact group, and $x\in ...
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