We introduce the concept of weakly mixing sets of order n and show that, in contrast to weak mixing of maps, a weakly mixing set of order n does not have to be weakly mixing of order n + 1. Strictly speaking, we construct a minimal invertible dynamical system which contains a non-trivial weakly mixing set of order 2, whereas it does not contain any non-trivial weakly mixing set of order 3. In dimension one this difference is not that much visible, since we prove that every continuous...

We prove that if f: → is Darboux and has a point of prime period different from $2^i$, i = 0,1,..., then the entropy of f is positive. On the other hand, for every set A ⊂ ℕ with 1 ∈ A there is an almost continuous (in the sense of Stallings) function f: → with positive entropy for which the set Per(f) of prime periods of all periodic points is equal to A.

We compare four different notions of chaos in zero-dimensional systems (subshifts). We provide examples showing that in that case positive topological entropy does not imply strong chaos, strong chaos does not imply complicated dynamics at all, and ω-chaos does not imply Li-Yorke chaos.

If $f:[0,1]\to ℝ$ is strictly increasing and continuous define $T_{f}x=f\left(x\right)(mod1)$. A transformation $\tilde{T}:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ is called $\epsilon$-close to $T_f$, if $\tilde{T}x=\tilde{f}\left(x\right)(mod1)$ for a strictly increasing and continuous function $\tilde{f}:[0,1]\to ℝ$ with $\parallel \tilde{f}{-f\parallel }_{\infty }<\epsilon$. It is proved that the topological pressure $p(T_f,g)$ is lower semi-continuous, and an upper bound for the jumps up is given. Furthermore the continuity of the maximal measure is shown, if a certain condition is satisfied. Then it is proved that the topological pressure is upper semi-continuous for every continuous function $g:[0,1]\to ℝ$, if and only if $0$ is...

We show that for a finitely generated group of C² circle diffeomorphisms, the entropy of the action equals the entropy of the restriction of the action to the non-wandering set.

We prove some results concerning the entropy of Darboux (and almost continuous) functions. We first generalize some theorems valid for continuous functions, and then we study properties which are specific to Darboux functions. Finally, we give theorems on approximating almost continuous functions by functions with infinite entropy.

Two different models for a Hopf-von Neumann algebra of bounded functions on the quantum semigroup of all (quantum) permutations of infinitely many elements are proposed, one based on projective limits of enveloping von Neumann algebras related to finite quantum permutation groups, and the second on a universal property with respect to infinite magic unitaries.