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We show that, for countable sofic groups, a Bernoulli action with infinite entropy base has infinite entropy with respect to every sofic approximation sequence. This builds on the work of Lewis Bowen in the case of finite entropy base and completes the computation of measure entropy for Bernoulli actions over countable sofic groups. One consequence is that such a Bernoulli action fails to have a generating countable partition with finite entropy if the base has infinite entropy, which in the amenable case is well known and in the case that the acting group contains the free group on two generators was established by Bowen using a different argument.
We determine the Krieger type of nonsingular Bernoulli actions $G curvearrowright prod_{g in G} ({0,1},mu_g)$. When $G$ is abelian, we do this for arbitrary marginal measures $mu_g$. We prove in particular that the action is never of type II$_infty$ if $G$ is abelian and not locally finite, answering Krengels question for $G = mathbb{Z}$. When $G$ is locally finite, we prove that type II$_infty$ does arise. For arbitrary countable groups, we assume that the marginal measures stay away from $0$ and $1$. When $G$ has only one end, we prove that the Krieger type is always I, II$_1$ or III$_1$. When $G$ has more than one end, we show that other types always arise. Finally, we solve the conjecture of [VW17] by proving that a group $G$ admits a Bernoulli action of type III$_1$ if and only if $G$ has nontrivial first $L^2$-cohomology.
In this paper, entropies, including measure-theoretic entropy and topological entropy, are considered for random $mathbb{Z}^k$-actions which are generated by random compositions of the generators of $mathbb{Z}^k$-actions. Applying Pesins theory for commutative diffeomorphisms we obtain a measure-theoretic entropy formula of $C^{2}$ random $mathbb{Z}^k$-actions via the Lyapunov spectra of the generators. Some formulas and bounds of topological entropy for certain random $mathbb{Z}^k$(or $mathbb{Z}_+^k$ )-actions generated by more general maps, such as Lipschitz maps, continuous maps on finite graphs and $C^{1}$ expanding maps, are also obtained. Moreover, as an application, we give a formula of Friedlands entropy for certain $C^{2}$ $mathbb{Z}^k$-actions.
An important consequence of the theory of entropy of Z-actions is that the events measurable with respect to the far future coincide (modulo null sets) with those measurable with respect to the distant past, and that measuring the entropy using the past will give the same value as measuring it using the future. In this paper we show that for measures invariant under multiparameter algebraic actions if the entropy attached to coarse Lyapunov foliations fail to display a stronger symmetry property of a similar type this forces the measure to be invariant under non-trivial unipotent groups. Some consequences of this phenomenon are noted.
In this short note, for countably infinite amenable group actions, we provide topological proofs for the following results: Bowen topological entropy (dimensional entropy) of the whole space equals the usual topological entropy along tempered F{o}lner sequences; the Hausdorff dimension of an amenable subshift (for certain metric associated to some F{o}lner sequence) equals its topological entropy. This answers questions by Zheng and Chen (Israel Journal of Mathematics 212 (2016), 895-911) and Simpson (Theory Comput. Syst. 56 (2015), 527-543).
In this note a notion of generalized topological entropy for arbitrary subsets of the space of all sequences in a compact topological space is introduced. It is shown that for a continuous map on a compact space the generalized topological entropy of the set of all orbits of the map coincides with the classical topological entropy of the map. Some basic properties of this new notion of entropy are considered; among them are: the behavior of the entropy with respect to disjoint union, cartesian product, component restriction and dilation, shift mapping, and some continuity properties with respect to Vietoris topology. As an example, it is shown that any self-similar structure of a fractal given by a finite family of contractions gives rise to a notion of intrinsic topological entropy for subsets of the fractal. A generalized notion of Bowens entropy associated to any increasing sequence of compatible semimetrics on a topological space is introduced and some of its basic properties are considered. As a special case for $1leq pleqinfty$ the Bowen $p$-entropy of sets of sequences of any metric space is introduced. It is shown that the notions of generalized topological entropy and Bowen $infty$-entropy for compact metric spaces coincide.