The paper deals with the notion of entropy for doubly stochastic operators. It is shown that the entropy defined by Maličky and Riečan in [MR] is equal to the operator entropy proposed in [DF]. Moreover, some continuity properties of the [MR] entropy are established.

The invariant measures for a Markovian operator corresponding to a random walk, in a random stationary one-dimensional environment defined by a dynamical system, are quasi-invariant measures for the system. We discuss the construction of such measures in the general case and show unicity, under some assumptions, for a rotation on the circle.

Fibre expanding systems have been introduced by Denker and Gordin. Here we show the existence of a finite partition for such systems which is fibrewise a Markov partition. Such partitions have direct applications to the Abramov-Rokhlin formula for relative entropy and certain polynomial endomorphisms of ℂ².

Soient $\Gamma$ un groupe discret géométriquement fini d’isométries d’une variété de Hadamard pincée $X$ et $𝒫$ une pointe de l’orbifold associé $ℳ:=\Gamma \setminus X$. Munissant $T^1ℳ$ de sa mesure de Patterson-Sullivan $m$, nous obtenons une estimation asymptotique de la masse d’un petit voisinage horocyclique de $𝒫$, moyennant une hypothèse sur la croissance du sous-groupe parabolique associé à $𝒫$, hypothèse qui est réalisée si $X$ est symétrique de rang $1$. Nous en déduisons une estimation asymptotique du temps de retour du flot géodésique...

Let $G:=\mathrm{SO}{(n,1)}^{\circ }$ and $\Gamma (n-1)/2$ for $n=2,3$ and when $\delta >n-2$ for $n\ge 4$, we obtain an effective archimedean counting result for a discrete orbit of $\Gamma$ in a homogeneous space $H\setminus G$ where $H$ is the trivial group, a symmetric subgroup or a horospherical subgroup. More precisely, we show that for any effectively well-rounded family $\{{ℬ}_T\subset H\setminus G\}$ of compact subsets, there exists $\eta >0$ such that $\#\left[e\right]\Gamma \cap {ℬ}_T=ℳ\left({ℬ}_T\right)+O\left(ℳ{\left({ℬ}_T\right)}^{1-\eta }\right)$ for an explicit measure $ℳ$ on $H\setminus G$ which depends on $\Gamma$. We also apply the affine sieve and describe the distribution of almost primes on orbits of $\Gamma$ in arithmetic settings....

We prove that an invertible zero-dimensional dynamical system has an invariant measure of maximal entropy if and only if it is an extension of an asymptotically h-expansive system of equal topological entropy.

Let T be a Markov operator on an L¹-space. We study conditions under which T is mean ergodic and satisfies dim Fix(T) < ∞. Among other things we prove that the sequence $\left(n^{-1}{\sum }_{k=0}^{n-1}{T}^k\right)ₙ$ converges strongly to a rank-one projection if and only if there exists a function 0 ≠ h ∈ L¹₊ which satisfies $li{m}_{n\to \infty }\left|\right|(h-n^{-1}{\sum }_{k=0}^{n-1}{T}^{k}f)₊\left|\right|=0$ for every density f. Analogous results for strongly continuous semigroups are given.

Let M be a complete Riemannian manifold, M ∈ ℕ and p ≥ 1. We prove that almost everywhere on x = (x1,...,xN) ∈ MN for Lebesgue measure in MN, the measure $\mu \left(x\right)=N{\sum }_{k=1}^N{x}_k$ μ ( x ) = 1 N ∑ k = 1 N δ x k has a uniquep–mean ep(x). As a consequence, if X = (X1,...,XN) is a MN-valued random variable with absolutely continuous law, then almost surely μ(X(ω)) has a unique p–mean. In particular if (Xn)n ≥ 1 is an independent sample of an absolutely continuous law in M, then the process ep,n(ω) = ep(X1(ω),...,Xn(ω)) is...

Let $\beta >1$ be a non-integer. We consider $\beta$-expansions of the form ${\sum }_{i=1}^{\infty }{d}_i/{\beta }^i$, where the digits ${\left(d_i\right)}_{i\ge 1}$ are generated by means of a Borel map $K_{\beta }$ defined on ${\{0,1\}}^{\mathbb{N}}\times [0,\lfloor \beta \rfloor /\left(\beta -1\right)]$. We show that $K_{\beta }$ has a unique mixing measure ${\nu }_{\beta }$ of maximal entropy with marginal measure an infinite convolution of Bernoulli measures. Furthermore, under the measure ${\nu }_{\beta }$ the digits ${\left(d_i\right)}_{i\ge 1}$ form a uniform Bernoulli process. In case 1 has a finite greedy expansion with positive coefficients, the measure of maximal entropy is Markov. We also discuss the uniqueness of $\beta$-expansions....

We consider the problem of finding a measurable unfriendly partition of the vertex set of a locally finite Borel graph on standard probability space. After isolating a sufficient condition for the existence of such a partition, we show how it settles the dynamical analog of the problem (up to weak equivalence) for graphs induced by free, measure-preserving actions of groups with designated finite generating set. As a corollary, we obtain the existence of translation-invariant random unfriendly colorings...

Soit $(X,𝔛)$ un espace mesurable muni d’une transformation bijective bi-mesurable $\tau$. Soit $\varphi$ une application mesurable de $X$ dans un groupe localement compact à base dénombrable $G$. Nous notons ${\tau }_{\varphi }$ l’extension de $\tau$, induite par $\varphi$, au produit $X\times G$. Nous donnons une description des mesures positives ${\tau }_{\varphi }$-invariantes et ergodiques. Nous obtenons aussi une généralisation du théorème de réduction cohomologique de O.Sarig [5] à un groupe LCD quelconque.

Let T be a geometrically finite rational map, p(T) its petal number and δ the Hausdorff dimension of its Julia set. We give a construction of the σ-finite and T-invariant measure equivalent to the δ-conformal measure. We prove that this measure is finite if and only if $\frac{p\left(T\right)+1}{p\left(T\right)}\delta >2$. Under this assumption and if T is parabolic, we prove that the only equilibrium states are convex combinations of the T-invariant probability and δ-masses at parabolic cycles.

According to the Furstenberg-Zimmer structure theorem, every measure-preserving system has a maximal distal factor, and is weak mixing relative to that factor. Furstenberg and Katznelson used this structural analysis of measure-preserving systems to provide a perspicuous proof of Szemerédi’s theorem. Beleznay and Foreman showed that, in general, the transfinite construction of the maximal distal factor of a separable measure-preserving system can extend arbitrarily far into the countable ordinals....

We introduce the notion of metric entropy for a nonautonomous dynamical system given by a sequence (Xn, μn) of probability spaces and a sequence of measurable maps fn : Xn → Xn+1 with fnμn = μn+1. This notion generalizes the classical concept of metric entropy established by Kolmogorov and Sinai, and is related via a variational inequality to the topological entropy of nonautonomous systems as defined by Kolyada, Misiurewicz, and Snoha. Moreover, it shares several properties with the classical notion...