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Entropy for random group actions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

ROBERT BURTON
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA (e-mail: burton@math.orst.edu)
KARMA DAJANI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.010, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands (e-mail: {dajani, meester}@math.ruu.nl)
RONALD MEESTER
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.010, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands (e-mail: {dajani, meester}@math.ruu.nl)
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Abstract

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We consider the entropy of systems of random transformations, where thetransformations are chosen from a set of generators of a ${\Bbb Z}^d $action.We show that the classical definition gives unsatisfactory entropy results inthe higher-dimensional case, i.e. when $d \geq 2$.We propose a definition of the entropy for random group actions whichagrees with the classical definition in the one-dimensional case, and whichgives satisfactory results in higher dimensions.This definition is based on the fibre entropy of a certain skew product.We identify the entropy by an explicit formula which makes it possible tocompute the entropy in certain cases.

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Research Article
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press