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Normal amenable subgroups of the automorphism group of sofic shifts

Part of: Topological dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2020

KITTY YANG
KITTY YANG*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA email kyang@math.northwestern.edu
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Abstract

Let $(X,\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E})$ be a transitive sofic shift and let $\operatorname{Aut}(X)$ denote its automorphism group. We generalize a result of Frisch, Schlank, and Tamuz to show that any normal amenable subgroup of $\operatorname{Aut}(X)$ must be contained in the subgroup generated by the shift. We also show that the result does not extend to higher dimensions by giving an example of a two-dimensional mixing shift of finite type due to Hochman whose automorphism group is amenable and not generated by the shift maps.

Keywords

symbolic dynamicssofic shiftshift of finite type

MSC classification

Primary: 37B10: Symbolic dynamics
Secondary: 37B15: Cellular automata

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , April 2021 , pp. 1250 - 1263
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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