Cantor minimal systems

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    • Putnam, Ian F. (Ian Fraser)

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Cantor minimal systems

Ian F. Putnam

(University lecture series, v. 70)

American Mathematical Society, c2018

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146) and indexes

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Within the subject of topological dynamics, there has been considerable recent interest in systems where the underlying topological space is a Cantor set. Such systems have an inherently combinatorial nature, and seminal ideas of Anatoly Vershik allowed for a combinatorial model, called the Bratteli-Vershik model, for such systems with no non-trivial closed invariant subsets. This model led to a construction of an ordered abelian group which is an algebraic invariant of the system providing a complete classification of such systems up to orbit equivalence. The goal of this book is to give a statement of this classification result and to develop ideas and techniques leading to it. Rather than being a comprehensive treatment of the area, this book is aimed at students and researchers trying to learn about some surprising connections between dynamics and algebra. The only background material needed is a basic course in group theory and a basic course in general topology.

Table of Contents

An example: A tale of two equivalence relations Basics: Cantor sets and orbit equivalence Bratteli diagrams: Generalizing the example The Bratteli-Vershik model: Generalizing the example The Bratteli-Vershik model: Completeness Etale equivalence relations: Unifying the examples The $D$ invariant The Effros-Handelman-Shen theorem The Bratteli-Elliott-Krieger theorem Strong orbit equivalence The $D_m$ invariant The absorption theorem The classification of AF-equivalence relations The classification of $\mathbb{Z}$-actions Examples Bibliography Index of terminology Index of notation

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