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Entropy and ${\bi r}$ equivalence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1998

DEBORAH HEICKLEN
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of California, Berkeley CA94720, USA (e-mail: heicklen@math.berkeley.edu)

Abstract

In this paper, the structure of $r$ equivalence, which was introduced by Vershik and which classifies group actions of the group $G=\sum_{n=1}^\infty{\Bbb Z}\slash r_n{\Bbb Z}$, $r_n\in{\Bbb N}\setminus\{1\}$, is examined. This is an equivalence relation that naturally arises from looking at certain sequences of $\sigma$-algebras. Vershik proved that if a sequence $r=(r_1,r_2,\ldots)$ does not satisfy a super-rapid growth rate, then entropy is an invariant for $r$ equivalence. In this paper, a strong converse of this is proven: for any $r$ which does satisfy this super-rapid growth rate, we can find a zero entropy action in every $r$ equivalence class.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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