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A subgroup formula for f-invariant entropy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2012

BRANDON SEWARD
BRANDON SEWARD*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA (email: b.m.seward@gmail.com)
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We study a measure entropy for finitely generated free group actions called f-invariant entropy. The f-invariant entropy was developed by L. Bowen and is essentially a special case of his measure entropy theory for actions of sofic groups. In this paper we relate the f-invariant entropy of a finitely generated free group action to the f-invariant entropy of the restricted action of a subgroup. We show that the ratio of these entropies equals the index of the subgroup. This generalizes a well-known formula for the Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy of amenable group actions. We then extend the definition of f-invariant entropy to actions of finitely generated virtually free groups. We also obtain a numerical virtual measure conjugacy invariant for actions of finitely generated virtually free groups.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 263 - 298
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