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\[ \int {fd}\left( {\widetilde{T}\mu }\right) = \int f \circ {Td\mu }\;\forall f \in C\left( X\right) . \]
Proof. It suffices to deal with real-valued \( f \in C\left( X\right) \) By definition of \( \widetilde{T} \) we have \( \int {\chi }_{B}d\left( {\widetilde{T}\mu }\right) = \int {\chi }_{B} \circ {Td\mu }\forall B \in \mathcal{B}\left( X\right) \) . Therefore \( \int {hd}\left( {\widetilde{T}\mu }\right) = \int h \cir...
Yes
Theorem 6.7. The map \( \widetilde{T} : M\left( X\right) \rightarrow M\left( X\right) \) is continuous and affine.
Proof. If \( f \in C\left( X\right) \) then \( \int {fd}\widetilde{T}\mu = \int f - {Td\mu } \) . Therefore if \( {\mu }_{n} \rightarrow \mu \) in \( M\left( X\right) \) then \( \int {fd}\widetilde{T}{\mu }_{n} = \int f\;{Td}{\mu }_{n} \rightarrow \int f \circ {Td\mu } = \int {fd}\widetilde{T}\mu \) and so \( \widetild...
Yes
Theorem 6.8. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is continuous and \( \mu \in M\left( X\right) \) then \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) iff \( \int f \circ {Td\mu } = \int {fd\mu }\;\forall f \in C\left( X\right) .
Proof. This is immediate from Lemma 6.6 and Theorem 6.2.
No
Theorem 6.9. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be continuous. If \( {\left\{ {\sigma }_{n}\right\} }_{n = 1}^{\infty } \) is a sequence in \( M\left( X\right) \) and we form the new sequence \( {\left\{ {\mu }_{n}\right\} }_{n = 1}^{\infty } \) by \( {\mu }_{n} = \left( {1/n}\right) \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}...
Proof. Let \( {\mu }_{{n}_{J}} \rightarrow \mu \) in \( M\left( X\right) \) . Let \( f \in C\left( X\right) \) . Then\n\n\[ \left| {\int f \circ {Td\mu }-\int {fd\mu }}\right| = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{j \rightarrow \infty }}\left| {\int f \circ {Td}{\mu }_{{n}_{j}}-\int {fd}{\mu }_{{n}_{j}}}\right| \]\n\n\[ = \mathop{...
Yes
Corollary 6.9.1 (Krylov and Bogolioubov). If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is a continuous transformation of a compact metric space \( X \) then \( M\left( {X, T}\right) \) is non-empty.
Proof. We can make any choice for \( {\sigma }_{n} \) in Theorem 6.9; in particular choose \( y \in X \) and put \( {\sigma }_{n} = {\delta }_{y} \) for each \( n \) .
No
Theorem 6.10. If \( T \) is a continuous transformation of the compact metric space \( X \) then\n\n(i) \( M\left( {X, T}\right) \) is a compact subset of \( M\left( X\right) \) .
(i) Suppose \( {\left\{ {\mu }_{n}\right\} }_{1}^{\infty } \) is a sequence of members of \( M\left( {X, T}\right) \) and \( {\mu }_{n} \rightarrow \mu \) in \( M\left( X\right) \) . Then \( \int {fd}\widetilde{T}\mu = \int f \circ {Td\mu } = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\int f \circ {Td}{\mu }_{n} = ...
Yes
Lemma 6.11. Let \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) . Then\n\n(i) \( \mu \) is ergodic iff \( \forall f \in C\left( X\right) \forall g \in {L}^{1}\left( \mu \right) \)\n\n\[ \n\frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}\int f\left( {{T}^{i}x}\right) g\left( x\right) {d\mu }\left( x\right) \rightarrow \int {fd\...
(i) Suppose the convergence condition holds and let \( F, G \in {L}^{2}\left( \mu \right) \) . Then\n\n\[ \nG \in {L}^{1}\left( \mu \right) \;\text{so}\frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}\int f\left( {{T}^{i}x}\right) G\left( x\right) {d\mu }\left( x\right) \rightarrow \int {fd\mu }\int {Gd\mu }\;\foral...
Yes
Theorem 6.12. Let \( T \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metric space. Let \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) . (i) \( \mu \) is ergodic iff whenever \( m \in M\left( X\right) \) and \( m \ll \mu \) then \[ \frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\widetilde{T}}^{i}m \rightarrow \mu \]
(i) We use the ergodicity condition of Lemma 6.11. Let \( \mu \) be ergodic and suppose \( m \ll \mu, m \in M\left( X\right) \) . Let \( g = {dm}’{d\mu } \in {L}^{1}\left( \mu \right) \) . If \( f \in C\left( X\right) \) then \[ \int {fd}\left( {\frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\widetilde{T}}^{i}m}\...
Yes
Lemma 6.13. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is continuous and \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) is ergodic then there exists \( Y \in \mathcal{B}\left( X\right) \) with \( \mu \left( Y\right) = 1 \) such that \[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}f\left( {{...
Proof. Choose a countable dense subset \( {\left\{ {f}_{k}\right\} }_{1}^{x} \) of \( C\left( X\right) \) . By the ergodic theorem there is \( {X}_{k} \in \mathcal{B}\left( X\right) \) such that \( \mu \left( {X}_{k}\right) = 1 \) and \[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{...
Yes
Theorem 6.14. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be continuous and \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) . Then \( \mu \) is ergodic iff\n\n\[ \frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\delta }_{{T}^{\prime }x} \rightarrow \mu \text{ a.e. } \]
Proof. If \( \mu \) is ergodic then Lemma 6.13 says \( \left( {1/n}\right) \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{1 = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\delta }_{{T}^{i}x} \rightarrow \mu \forall x \in Y \) , where \( \mu \left( Y\right) = 1 \) .\n\nConversely suppose\n\n\[ \frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\delta }_{{T}^{i}x} \righta...
Yes
Theorem 6.15. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisable space \( X \) . (i) For every \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) we have \( \mu \left( {\Omega \left( T\right) }\right) = 1 \) . (ii) If there is some \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) giving non-zero measure to every ...
## Proof (i) Let \( {\left\{ {U}_{n}\right\} }_{1}^{L} \) be a base for the topology. Then \( X \smallsetminus \Omega \left( T\right) \) is the union of those \( {U}_{n} \) such that the sets \( {U}_{n},{T}^{-1}{U}_{n},{T}^{-2}{U}_{n}, \) . are pairwise disjoint. Such a set \( {U}_{n} \) must have measure zero for any ...
Yes
Corollary 6.15.1. If \( {\Omega }_{\tau }\left( T\right) \) denotes the centre of \( T \) then \( \mu \left( {{\Omega }_{\tau }\left( T\right) }\right) = 1 \) for all \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) .
Proof. By Theorem 6.15(i) we can naturally identify \( M\left( {X, T}\right) \) with \( M(\Omega \left( T\right) \) , \( {\left. T\right| }_{\Omega \left( 1\right) } \) ). Applying Theorem 6.15(i) to \( {\left. T\right| }_{\Omega \left( T\right) } \) gives \( \mu \left( {{\Omega }_{2}\left( T\right) }\right) = 1\forall...
Yes
Theorem 6.16. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisable space \( X \) . Let \( N \geq 1 \) and \( x \in X \) . Then \( {T}^{N}\left( x\right) = x \) iff\n\n\[ \frac{1}{N}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{N - 1}}{\delta }_{{T}^{i}\left( x\right) } \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \]
Proof. If \( \mu \in M\left( X\right) \) then \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) iff \( \int f\;{Td\mu } = \int {fd\mu }\forall f \in C\left( X\right) \) . Therefore\n\n\[ \frac{1}{N}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{N - 1}}{\delta }_{{T}^{i}\left( x\right) } \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \;\text{ iff }\frac{1}{N}\mathop{...
Yes
Theorem 6.17. Suppose \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is a homeomorphism of the compact metris-able space \( X \) . Suppose \( T \) is uniquely ergodic and \( M\left( {X, T}\right) = \{ \mu \} \) . Then \( T \) is minimal \( {\psi f\mu }\left( U\right) > 0 \) for all non-empty open sets \( U \) .
Proof. Suppose \( T \) is minimal. If \( U \) is open, \( {l}^{\prime } \neq \phi \), then \( X = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{n = - \infty }}^{r}{T}^{n}\left( U\right) \) , so if \( \mu \left( U\right) = 0 \) then \( m\left( X\right) = 0 \), a contradiction.\n\nConversely, suppose \( \mu \left( U\right) > 0 \) for all o...
Yes
Theorem 6.19. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisable space \( X \) . The following are equivalent:\n\n(i) For every \( f \in C\left( X\right) \;\left( {1/n}\right) \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}f\left( {{T}^{i}x}\right) \) converges uniformly to a constant.\n\n(i...
(i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) hold trivially.\n\n(ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (iii). Luine \( k : C\left( X\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{C} \) by\n\n\[ h\left( f\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{1 = 0}}^{{n - 1}}f{T}^{l}\left( x\right) \]\n\nObserve that \( k \) is a linea...
Yes
Theorem 7.1. If \( \\alpha \) is an open cover of \( X \) and \( T : X \\rightarrow X \) is continuous then \( \\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\left( {1/n}\\right) H\\left( {\\mathop{\\bigvee }\\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}^{-i}\\alpha }\\right) \) exists.
Proof. Recall that if we set\n\n\[ \n{a}_{n} = H\\left( {\\mathop{\\bigvee }\\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}^{-i}\\alpha }\\right) \n\] \nthen by Theorem 4.9 it suffices to show that\n\n\[ \n{a}_{n + k} \\leq {a}_{n} + {a}_{k}\\;\\text{ for }k, n \\geq 1. \n\] \n\nWe have\n\n\[ \n{a}_{n + k} = H\\left( {\\mathop{\\bigve...
Yes
Theorem 7.2. If \( {X}_{1},{X}_{2} \) are compact spaces and \( {T}_{i} : {X}_{i} \rightarrow {X}_{i} \) are continuous for \( i = 1,2 \), and if \( \phi : {X}_{1} \rightarrow {X}_{2} \) is a continuous map with \( \phi {X}_{1} = {X}_{2} \) and \( \phi {T}_{1} = {T}_{2}\phi \) then \( h\left( {T}_{1}\right) \geq h\left...
Proof. Let \( \alpha \) be an open cover of \( {X}_{2} \) . Then\n\n\[ h\left( {{T}_{2},\alpha }\right) = \lim \frac{1}{n}H\left( {\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}_{2}^{-i}\alpha }\right) \]\n\n\[ = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{n}\frac{1}{n}H\left( {{\phi }^{-1}\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}_{...
Yes
Theorem 7.3. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is a homeomorphism of a compact space \( X \) then \( h\left( T\right) = h\left( {T}^{-1}\right) \) .
\[ h\left( {T,\alpha }\right) = \lim \frac{1}{n}H\left( {\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}^{-i}\alpha }\right) \] \[ = \lim \frac{1}{n}H\left( {{T}^{n - 1}\left( {\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}^{-i}\alpha }\right) }\right) \text{by Remark (5)} \] \[ = \lim \frac{1}{n}H\left( {\mathop{\big...
Yes
Theorem 7.4. If \( d \) and \( {d}^{\prime } \) are uniformly equivalent and \( T \in {UC}\left( {X, d}\right) \) then \( {h}_{d}\left( T\right) = {h}_{{d}^{\prime }}\left( T\right) \)
Proof. Let \( {\varepsilon }_{1} > 0 \) . Choose \( {\varepsilon }_{2} > 0 \) such that\n\n\[ \n{d}^{\prime }\left( {x, y}\right) < {\varepsilon }_{2} \Rightarrow d\left( {x, y}\right) < {\varepsilon }_{1} \n\] \n\nand choose \( {\varepsilon }_{3} > 0 \) such that\n\n\[ \nd\left( {x, y}\right) < {\varepsilon }_{3} \Rig...
Yes
Theorem 7.5. Let \( \\left( {X, d}\\right) \) be a metric space and \( T \\in {UC}\\left( {X, d}\\right) \) . If \( K \\subset {K}_{1} \\cup \\cdots \\cup {K}_{m} \) are all compact subsets of \( X \) then \( h\\left( {T;K}\\right) \\leq \\mathop{\\max }\\limits_{{1 \\leq i \\leq m}}h\\left( {T : {K}_{i}}\\right) \) .
Proof. Certainly \( {s}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon, K}\\right) \\leq {s}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon ,{K}_{1}}\\right) + \\cdots + {s}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon ,{K}_{m}}\\right) \) . Fix \( \\varepsilon > 0 \) . For each \( n \) choose \( {K}_{i\\left( {n,\\varepsilon }\\right) } \) such that \( {s}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon...
Yes
Corollary 7.5.1. Let \( \\left( {X, d}\\right) \) be a metric space and \( T \\in {UC}\\left( {X, d}\\right) \) . Let \( \\delta > 0 \) . In order to compute \( {h}_{d}\\left( T\\right) \) is suffices to take the supremum of \( h\\left( {T;K}\\right) \) over those compact sets of diameter less than \( \\delta \) .
Proof. If \( K \) is compact it can be covered by a finite number of balls \( {B}_{1},\\ldots ,{B}_{m} \) of diameter \( \\delta /2 \) and hence \( h\\left( {T;K}\\right) \\leq \\mathop{\\max }\\limits_{{1 \\leq i \\leq m}}h\\left( {T;K \\cap {\\bar{B}}_{i}}\\right) \) .
No
Corollary 7.5.2. If \( X \) is a compact metrisable space and \( d \) is any metric on \( X \) then \( h\left( T\right) = {h}_{d}\left( T\right) = h\left( {T;X}\right) \) .
Proof. If \( K \) is a compact subset of \( X \) then \( h\left( {T;K}\right) \leq h\left( {T;X}\right) \) . It follows from Theorem 7.4 that \( {h}_{d}\left( T\right) \) does not depend on \( d \) .
No
Theorem 7.6. Let \( \left( {X, d}\right) \) be a compact metric space. If \( {\left\{ {\alpha }_{n}\right\} }_{1}^{\infty } \) is a sequence of open covers of \( X \) with \( \operatorname{diam}\left( {\alpha }_{n}\right) \rightarrow 0 \) then if \( {h}^{ * }\left( T\right) < \infty \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarro...
Proof. Suppose \( {h}^{ * }\left( T\right) < \infty \) . Let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) be given and choose an open cover \( \gamma \) with \( {h}^{ * }\left( {T,\gamma }\right) > {h}^{ * }\left( T\right) - \varepsilon \) . Let \( \delta \) be a Lebesgue number for \( \gamma \) . Choose \( N \) so that \( n \geq N \) implie...
Yes
Theorem 7.7. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metric space \( \left( {X, d}\right) \). (i) If \( \alpha \) is an open cover of \( X \) with Lebesgue number \( \delta \) then \[ N\left( {\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}^{-i}\alpha }\right) \leq {r}_{n}\left( {\delta /2, X}\ri...
Proof. We know from Remark 5 that \( {r}_{n}\left( {\varepsilon, X}\right) \leq {s}_{n}\left( {\varepsilon ,{X}^{\prime }}\right) \forall \varepsilon > 0 \). (i) Let \( F \) be a \( \left( {n,\delta /2}\right) \) spanning set for \( X \) of cardinality \( {r}_{n}\left( {\delta /2.T}\right) \). Then \[ X = \mathop{\bigc...
Yes
Corollary 7.7.1. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metric space \( \left( {X, d}\right) \) . Let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) . Let \( {\alpha }_{\varepsilon } \) be the cover of \( X \) by all open balls of raduus \( {2\varepsilon } \) and let \( {\gamma }_{\varepsilon } \) be any cover of \( X \...
This leads directly to
No
Theorem 7.8. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is a continuous map of the compact metric space \( \left( {X, d}\right) \) then \( h\left( T\right) = {h}^{ * }\left( T\right) \) i.e. the two definitions of topological entropy coincide.
Proof. If \( \varepsilon > 0 \) and \( {\alpha }_{\varepsilon },{\gamma }_{\varepsilon } \) are as in Corollary 7.7.1 then \( {h}^{ * }\left( {T,{\alpha }_{t}}\right) \leq r\left( {\varepsilon, X,\Gamma }\right) \leq \) \( s\left( {\varepsilon, X, T}\right) \leq {h}^{ * }\left( {T,{\gamma }_{\varepsilon }}\right) \) . ...
Yes
Theorem 7.9. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is a continuous map of a compact metric space \( \\left( {X, d}\\right) \) then\n\n\[ h\\left( T\\right) = \\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{\\varepsilon \\rightarrow 0}}\\mathop{\\liminf }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{1}{n}\\log {r}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon, X}\\right) =...
Proof. Corollary 7.7.1 gives\n\n\[ {h}^{ * }\\left( {T,{\\alpha }_{\\varepsilon }}\\right) \\leq \\mathop{\\liminf }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{1}{n}\\log {r}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon, X}\\right) \\leq \\mathop{\\liminf }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{1}{n}\\log {s}_{n}\\left( {\\varepsilon, ...
Yes
Theorem 7.11. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be an expansive homeomorphism of the compact metric space \( \left( {X, d}\right) \) . (i) If \( x \) is a generator for \( T \) then \( h\left( T\right) = h\left( {T,\alpha }\right) \) .
(i) Let \( \beta \) be any open cover. Let \( \delta \) be a Lebesgue number for \( \beta \) . By Theorem 5.21 choose \( N > 0 \) so that each member of \( \mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{-N}}^{N}{T}^{-n}\alpha \) has diameter less than \( \delta \) . Then \( \beta < \mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{-N}}^{N}{T}^{-n}\alpha \), and...
Yes
Theorem 7.12. The two-sided shift on \( X = \prod {}_{-\infty }^{\infty }Y \), where \( Y = \{ 0,1,\ldots, k - 1\} \) , has topological entropy \( \log \left( k\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( \alpha = \left\{ {{A}_{0},\ldots ,{A}_{k - 1}}\right\} \) be the natural generator, i.e.\n\n\[ \n{A}_{j} = \left\{ {{\left\{ {x}_{n}\right\} }_{-\infty }^{\infty } \mid {x}_{0} = j}\right\} .\n\]\nThen by Theorem 7.11,\n\n\[ \nh\left( T\right) = h\left( {T, x}\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarro...
Yes
Theorem 7.13. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be the two-sided shift on \( X = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{r = 1}}^{n}Y \) where \( Y = \{ 0,1,\ldots, k - 1\} . \n\n(i) If \( {X}_{1} \) is a closed subset of \( X \) with \( T{X}_{1} = {X}_{1} \) then \( h\left( {\left. T\right| }_{{x}_{1}}\right) = \) \( \mathop{\lim }\limi...
(i) Let \( \alpha \) be the natural generator for \( T : X \rightarrow X \), as in Theorem 7.12. Then \( \alpha \) is a generator for \( {\left. T\right| }_{{X}_{1}} \) and \( {\theta }_{n}\left( {X}_{1}\right) = N\left( {\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}_{1}^{-i}\alpha }\right) \) . The result follows fr...
Yes
Corollary 7.14.1. Any homeomorphism of \( \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) has zero topological entropy.
Proof. \( T : \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) has either \( \dot{T}\left( 0\right) = 0 \) and \( T\left( 1\right) = 1 \), or \( T\left( 0\right) = 1 \) and \( T\left( 1\right) = 0 \) . In both cases \( {T}^{2} \) fixes both 0 and 1 . Let \( S \) be any homeomorphism of \( ...
Yes
Theorem 7.15. For a differentiable transformation \( T : M \rightarrow M \) of a p-dimensional Riemannian manifold \( M \) we have \( {h}_{d}\left( T\right) \leq \max \left\{ {0, p\log \left( \mathop{\sup }\limits_{{\mathbf{x} \in M}}\right) \begin{Vmatrix}{{\tau }_{\mathbf{x}}T}\end{Vmatrix}}\right\} \) ).
Proof. Let \( a = \mathop{\sup }\limits_{{x \in X}}\begin{Vmatrix}{{\tau }_{x}T}\end{Vmatrix} \) . If \( a = \infty \) there is nothing to prove. If \( a \leq 1 \) the mean-value theorem implies \( T \) satisfies \( d\left( {{Tx},{Ty}}\right) \leq d\left( {x, y}\right) \forall x, y \in M \) so that \( {h}_{d}\left( T\r...
Yes
Theorem 8.3. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metric space. Let \( {\left( {\xi }_{n}\right) }_{n = 1}^{x} \) be a sequence of partitions \( X \) such that \( \operatorname{diam}\left( {\xi }_{n}\right) \rightarrow 0 \) . For every \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right)...
Proof. Let \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) . Let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) . Choose a finite partition \( \check{\zeta } = \left\{ {{A}_{1},\ldots ,{A}_{r}}\right\} \) such that \( {h}_{\mu }\left( {T,\xi }\right) > {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) - \varepsilon \) if \( {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) < \infty \), or \( {h}_{\mu }...
Yes
Theorem 8.4 (Jacobs). Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisble space. If \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) and \( \mu = {\int }_{E\left( {X, T}\right) }{md\tau }\left( m\right) \) is the ergodic decomposition of \( \mu \) then we have:\n\n(i) if \( \xi \) is a finite partition of \( \l...
## Proof\n\n(i) Let \( \xi = \left\{ {{A}_{1},\ldots ,{A}_{k}}\right\} \) . Let \( \sum = \lceil \rceil \) ., \( Y \) where \( Y = \{ 1,2,\ldots, k\} \) . Define \( \phi : X \rightarrow \sum \) by \( \phi \left( x\right) = {\left\{ {i}_{n}\right\} }_{-x}^{x} \) if \( {T}^{n}\left( x\right) \in {A}_{{i}_{n}} \) . We hav...
Yes
Lemma 8.5. Let \( X \) be a compact metric space and \( \mu \in M\left( X\right) \) . (i) If \( x \in X \) and \( \delta > 0 \) there exists \( {\delta }^{\prime } < \delta \) such that \( \mu \left( {\partial B\left( {x;{\delta }^{\prime }}\right) }\right) = 0 \) . (ii) If \( \delta > 0 \) there is a finite partition ...
(i) This is clear since we cannot have an uncountable collection of disjoint sets of positive measure. (ii) By (i) there is a finite open cover \( \beta = \left\{ {{B}_{1},\ldots ,{B}_{r}}\right\} \) of \( \mathrm{Y} \) by balls of radius less than \( \delta /2 \) with \( \mu \left( {\widehat{c}{\widehat{B}}_{1}}\right...
Yes
Corollary 8.6.1. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metric space. Then\n\n(i) \( h\left( T\right) = \sup \left\{ {{h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) \mid \mu \in E\left( {X, T}\right) }\right\} \) .
(i) Let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) be given. Choose \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) such that\n\n\[ \n{h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) > \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} h\left( T\right) - \varepsilon & \text{ if }h\left( T\right) < \infty \\ 1/\varepsilon & \text{ if }h\left( T\right) = \infty . \end{array}\right. \n\]\n\nIf \( \mu ...
Yes
Theorem 8.7. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisahle space. Then\n\n(i) \( {M}_{\max }\left( {X, T}\right) \) is convex.
(i) This follows since the entropy map is affine (Theorem 8.1).
No
Theorem 8.8. Let \( {T}_{i} : {X}_{i} \rightarrow {X}_{i}\left( {i = 1,2}\right) \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisable space and suppose \( {T}_{i} \) has a unique measure, \( {\mu }_{i} \), with maximal entropy. Suppose \( {h}_{{\mu }_{1}}\left( {T}_{1}\right) = {h}_{{\mu }_{2}}\left( {T}_{2}\right...
Proof. By Theorem 4.11 \( {h}_{{\mu }_{1}{\phi }^{-1}}\left( {T}_{2}\right) = {h}_{{\mu }_{1}}\left( {T}_{1}\right) \), so \( {h}_{{\mu }_{1}{\mu }_{2}}\left( {T}_{2}\right) = {h}_{{\mu }_{2}}\left( {T}_{2}\right) \) so \( {\mu }_{2} = {\mu }_{1} \cdot {\phi }^{-1} \)
Yes
Theorem 8.9. Let \( Y = \{ 0,1,\ldots, k - 1\}, X = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{-\infty }}^{c}Y \) and let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be the two-sided shift. Then \( T \) has a unique measure with maximal entropy and this unique measure is the \( \left( {1/k,1/k,\ldots ,1/k}\right) \) -product measure.
Proof. We know \( h\left( T\right) = \log k \) . Suppose \( {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) = \log k \) . Let \( \xi = \left\{ {{A}_{0},\ldots ,{A}_{k - 1}}\right\} \) be the natural generator (i.e. \( {A}_{j} = \left\{ {\left\{ {x}_{n}\right\} = x \mid {x}_{0} = j}\right\} \) ). Then \( \log k = {h}_{u}\left( \Gamma \right)...
Yes
Theorem 8.15. Suppose \( T : {K}^{p} \rightarrow {K}^{p} \) is an affine transformation, \( {Tx} = a \cdot {.1}\left( x\right) \) , where \( a \in {K}^{p} \) and \( A \) is a surjective endomorphism of \( {K}^{p} \) . If \( m \) is Haar measure then\n\n\[ h\left( T\right) = {h}_{m}\left( T\right) = {h}_{m}\left( A\righ...
Proof. We know by Theorem 8.11 that\n\n\[ h\left( T\right) = {h}_{m}\left( T\right) = {h}_{m}\left( 4\right) = h\left( A\right) \]\n\nand by Corollary 8.12.1 that \( h\left( {.1}\right) = h\left( \widetilde{A}\right) \), where \( \widetilde{A} \) denotes the covering linear map of \( A \) . Since \( A \) is represented...
No
Theorem 8.16. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is an expansive homeomorphism of a compact metric space then \( {N}_{n}\left( T\right) < \infty \forall n \geq 1 \) and \( h\left( T\right) \geq \mathop{\limsup }\limits_{{n \rightarrow n}}\left( {1/n}\right) \log {N}_{n}\left( T\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( \delta \) be an expansive constant for \( T \) . If \( {T}^{n}x = x,{T}^{n}y = y \) and \( x \neq y \) then if \( d\left( {{T}^{j}\left( x\right) ,{T}^{j}\left( y\right) }\right) \leq \delta ,0 \leq j \leq n - 1 \), then \( d\left( {{T}^{j}\left( x\right) ,{T}^{j}\left( y\right) }\right) \leq \delta \fora...
Yes
Theorem 8.17. Suppose \( T : {X}_{A} \rightarrow {X}_{A} \) is a two sided topological Markov chain where \( A \) is an irreducible matrix. Then \( h\left( T\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow x}}\left( {1/n}\right) \log {N}_{n}\left( T\right) \) and the unique measure with maximal entropy describes the dis...
Proof. If \( {\left\{ {x}_{j}\right\} }_{-x}^{x} \) is a point of \( {X}_{A} \) then it belongs to \( {F}_{n}\left( T\right) \) iff \( {x}_{j} = {x}_{j + n}\forall j \in Z \) . Therefore\n\n\[ \n{N}_{n}\left( T\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{{i}_{0},\ldots ,{i}_{n - 1} = 0}}^{{k - 1}}{a}_{{i}_{0}{i}_{1}}{a}_{{i}_{1}{...
Yes
Theorem 8.18. Suppose \( 1 : {K}^{p} \rightarrow {K}^{p} \) is an automorphism of \( {K}^{ * } \) which is expansive (i.e. \( \left\lbrack A\right\rbrack \) has no eigenvalues of absolute value 1). Then \( h\left( {.1}\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }} \) \( \left( {1\mathrm{\;n}}\right) \log {N}...
We now prove that \( h\left( A\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\left( {1/n}\right) \log {N}_{n}\left( A\right) . \n\nProof. In the proof we shall use the fact that if \( B : {K}^{p} \rightarrow {K}^{p} \) is an endomorphism of \( {K}^{p} \) onto \( {K}^{p} \) then the kernel of \( B \) contains ...
Yes
Theorem 8.19. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a homeomorphism of the compact metric space \( \left( {X, d}\right) \) . Let \( m \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) and let \( m \) be ergodic. For \( \varepsilon > 0,\delta > 0 \) let \( {r}_{n}\left( {\varepsilon ,\delta, m}\right) \) denote the minimum number of \( \varepsil...
We refer to Katok [1] for the proof.
No
Theorem 9.1. If \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) then \( P\left( {T, f}\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{\varepsilon \rightarrow 0}}P\left( {T, f,\varepsilon }\right) \) .
Proof. The limit exists by Remark 15. By Remark 13 we have \( P\left( {T, f}\right) \leq \) \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{\varepsilon \rightarrow 0}}P\left( {T, f,\varepsilon }\right) \) . By Remark 14, for any \( \delta > 0 \) we have \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{\varepsilon \rightarrow 0}}P\left( {T, f,\varepsilon }\right...
Yes
Theorem 9.2. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be continuous and \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \). (i) If \( \alpha \) is an open cover of \( X \) with Lebesgue number \( \delta \) then \( {q}_{n}\left( {T, f, x}\right) \leq \) \( {Q}_{n}\left( {T, f,\delta /2}\right) \leq {P}_{n}\left( {T, f,\delta /2}\right) \n(ii) If \...
Proof. We know from Remark 13 that \( {Q}_{n}\left( {T, f,\varepsilon }\right) \leq {P}_{n}\left( {T, f,\varepsilon }\right) \) for all \( \varepsilon > 0 \). \n(i) If \( F \) is an \( \left( {n,\delta /2}\right) \) spanning set then \( X = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{x \in F}}\mathop{\bigcap }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}...
Yes
Lemma 9.3. If \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) and \( \alpha \) is an open cover of \( X \) then\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \alpha }}\frac{1}{n}\log {p}_{n}\left( {T, f,\alpha }\right) \]\n\nexists and equals \( \mathop{\inf }\limits_{n}\left( {1/n}\right) \log {p}_{n}\left( {T, f.\alpha }\right) \) .
Proof. By Theorem 4.9 it suffices to show \( {p}_{n + k}\left( {T, f, x}\right) \leq {p}_{n}\left( {T, f,\alpha }\right) \cdot {p}_{k}\left( {T, f, x}\right) \) . If \( \beta \) is a finite subcover of \( \mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{T}^{-i}\alpha \) and \( \gamma \) is a finite subcover of \( \mathop{\...
Yes
Theorem 9.4. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is continuous and \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) then each of the following equals \( P\left( {T, f}\right) \). (i) \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{\delta \rightarrow 0}}\left\lbrack {\mathop{\sup }\limits_{\alpha }\left\{ {\mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\left( {1...
(i) If \( \delta > 0 \) and \( \gamma \) is an open cover with \( \operatorname{diam}\left( \gamma \right) \leq \delta \) then \( {P}_{n}\left( {T, f,\delta }\right) \leq \) \( {p}_{n}\left( {T, f,\gamma }\right) \) (Theorem 9.2(ii)). Therefore \[ P\left( {T, f,\delta }\right) \leq \sup \left\{ {\mathop{\lim }\limits_{...
Yes
Lemma 9.5. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is a continuous transformation of a compact met-risable space and \( \alpha \) is an open cover of \( X \) then for \( k > 0 \) and \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \)
Proof. One readily gets\n\n\[ {e}^{-\left( {k + 1}\right) \left| \right| f\left| \right| }{q}_{n + k}\left( {T, f,\alpha }\right) \leq {q}_{n}\left( {T, f,\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{k}{T}^{-i}\alpha }\right) \leq {e}^{\left( {k + 1}\right) \left| \right| f\left| \right| }{q}_{n + k}\left( {T,\dot{f},\alpha }\r...
Yes
Theorem 9.6. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be an expansive homeomorphism of a compact metric space \( \left( {X, d}\right) \) .\n\n(i) If \( \alpha \) is a generator for \( T \) then\n\n\[ P\left( {T, f}\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\log {p}_{n}\left( {T, f,\alpha }\right) \]\n\n\[...
(i) Let \( \alpha \) be a generator for \( T \) . By Theorem 5.21 we have\n\n\[ \operatorname{diam}\left( {\mathop{\bigvee }\limits_{{i = - k}}^{k}{T}^{-i}\alpha }\right) \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nand so by Theorem 9.4(ii)\n\n\[ P\left( {T, f}\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{k \rightarrow \infty }}\mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n ...
Yes
Theorem 9.7. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisable space \( X \) . If \( f, g \in C\left( {X, R}\right) ,\varepsilon > 0 \) and \( c \in R \) then the following are true.\n\n(i) \( P\left( {T,0}\right) = h\left( T\right) \) .
Proof. Several times in the proofs we shall use the simple inequality\n\n\[ \frac{\sup {a}_{j}}{\sup {b}_{j}} \leq \sup \left( \begin{matrix} {a}_{j} \\ {b}_{j} \end{matrix}\right) \]\n\nwhen \( \left( {a}_{j}\right) ,\left( {b}_{j}\right) \) are collections of positive real numbers.\n\n(i) and (ii) are clear from the ...
No
Theorem 9.8. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous transformation of a compact metrisable space and let \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) . The following are true.\n\n(i) If \( k > 0P\left( {{T}^{k},{S}_{k}f}\right) = {kP}\left( {T, f}\right) \) . (Here \( \left( {{S}_{k}f}\right) \left( x\right) = \mathop{\sum...
(i) If \( F \) is \( \left( {{nk},\varepsilon }\right) \) spanning for \( T \) then \( F \) is \( \left( {n,\varepsilon }\right) \) spanning for \( {T}^{k} \) . Hence \( {Q}_{n}\left( {{T}^{k},{S}_{k}f,\varepsilon }\right) \leq {Q}_{nk}\left( {T, f,\varepsilon }\right) \) so that \( P\left( {{T}^{k},{S}_{k}f}\right) \l...
Yes
Lemma 9.9. Let \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{k} \) be given real numbers. If \( {p}_{i} \geq 0 \) and \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{k}{p}_{i} = 1 \)\n\nthen\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{k}{p}_{i}\left( {{a}_{i} - \log {p}_{i}}\right) \leq \log \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{k}{e}^{{a}_{i}}}\right) \...
Proof. Let \( M = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{k}{e}^{{a}_{j}} \) . In Theorem 4.2 put\n\n\[ {\alpha }_{i} = \frac{{e}^{{a}_{i}}}{M}\text{ and }{x}_{i} = \frac{{p}_{i}M}{{e}^{{a}_{i}}}. \]\n\nThen\n\n\[ 0 = \phi \left( 1\right) \leq \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{k}\frac{{e}^{{a}_{i}}}{M}\frac{{p}_{i}M}{{e}^{{a}_...
Yes
Corollary 9.10.1. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisable space and let \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) . Then\n\n(i) \( P\left( {T, f}\right) = \sup \left\{ {{h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) +\int {fd\mu } \mid \mu \in E\left( {X, T}\right) }\right\} \) .\n\n(ii) \( P\left( {T, f}\right) =...
Proof. The proofs are simple generalisations of the proofs of the corresponding statements in Corollary 8.6.
No
Corollary 9.10.2. If \( T : X \rightarrow X \) is uniquely ergodic and \( M\left( {X, T}\right) = \{ m\} \) then \( P\left( {T, f}\right) = {h}_{m}\left( T\right) + \int {fdm} \) .
So for a rotation \( {Tz} = {az} \) of a compact metric group \( G \) with \( \left\{ {a}^{n}\right\} \) dense in \( G \) we have \( P\left( {T, f}\right) = \int {fdm} \) where \( m \) is Haar measure on \( G \) .
No
Theorem 9.11. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisable space with \( h\left( T\right) < \infty \) . Let \( \mu : \mathcal{B}\left( X\right) \rightarrow R \) be a finite signed measure. Then \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) iff \( \int {fd\mu } \leq P\left( {T, f}\right) \;\forall f \...
Proof. If \( \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \) then \( \int {fd\mu } \leq P\left( {T, f}\right) \) by the variational principle.\n\nNow suppose \( \mu \) is a finite signed measure and \( \int {fd\mu } \leq P\left( {T, f}\right) \forall f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) . We first show \( \mu \) takes only non-negative val...
Yes
Theorem 9.13. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisable space and let \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) . Then\n\n(i) \( {M}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \) is convex.\n\n(ii) If \( h\left( T\right) < \infty \) the extreme points of \( {M}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \) are precisely the ergodic ...
Proof. The first four parts are proved in the same way as the corresponding parts of Theorem 8.7. To prove (v) we notice that \( \forall \mu \in M\left( {X, T}\right) \int {fd\mu } = \) \( \int {gd\mu } + c \) . Therefore \( {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) + \int {fd\mu } = {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) + \int {gd\mu } + c \) an...
Yes
Theorem 9.14. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisable space \( X \) with \( h\left( T\right) < \infty \) and let \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) . Then \( {M}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \subset {t}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \subset \) \( M\left( {X, T}\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( \mu \in {M}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \) . If \( g \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) ,\n\n\[ P\left( {T, f + g}\right) - P\left( {T, f}\right) \geq {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) + \int {fd\mu } + \int {gd\mu } - {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) - \int {fd\mu } = \int {gd\mu } \]\n\nby the variational principle. Therefore \...
Yes
Theorem 9.15. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisable space with \( h\left( T\right) < \infty \) and let \( f \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) . If the entropy map of \( T \) is upper semi-continuous at the members of \( {t}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \) then \( {t}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) = ...
Proof. It remains to show \( {t}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \subset {M}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \) . Let \( \mu \in {t}_{f}\left( {X, T}\right) \) . Then \( P\left( {T, f + g}\right) - \int \left( {f + g}\right) {d\mu } \geq P\left( {T, f}\right) - \int {fd\mu }\forall g \in C\left( {X, R}\right) \) so \( P\left( {T, h}\r...
Yes
Corollary 9.15.1. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be a continuous map of a compact metrisable space and suppose the entropy map of \( T \) is upper semi-continuous at each point of \( M\left( {X, T}\right) \) . Then there is a dense subset of \( C\left( {X, R}\right) \) such that each member \( f \) of this subset has a ...
Proof. We use the theorem that a convex function on a separable Banach space has a unique tangent functional at a dense set of points (Dunford and Schwartz [1], p. 450). This combined with Theorem 9.15 gives the result.
No
Theorem 9.16. Let \( T : X \rightarrow X \) be the two-slded shift homeomorphism of the space \( X = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{j = x}}^{x}Y, Y = \{ 0,1,\ldots, k - 1\} \) . Let \( {a}_{0},{a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{k - 1} \in R \) and define \( f \in C\left( {\widehat{X}, R}\right) \) by \( f\left( x\right) = {a}_{{x}_{0}} \)...
Proof. Let \( \xi = \left\{ {{A}_{0},\ldots ,{A}_{k - 1}}\right\} \) denote the natural generator i.e. \( {A}_{i} = \) \( \left\{ {{\left\{ {x}_{n}\right\} }_{-\alpha }^{x} \mid {x}_{0} = i}\right\} \) . We know \( {h}_{\mu }\left( T\right) = {h}_{\mu }\left( {T,\xi }\right) \leq {H}_{\mu }\left( \xi \right) \forall \m...
Yes
Corollary 10.1.1. Let \( T \) be a measure-preserving transformation of the probability space \( \left( {X,\mathcal{A}, m}\right) \) . Let \( A : X \rightarrow L\left( {{R}^{k},{R}^{k}}\right) \) be a measurable function such that \( {\left( \log \parallel A\left( x\right) \parallel \right) }^{ + } \in {L}^{1}\left( m\...
\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\log \begin{Vmatrix}{A\left( {{T}^{n - 1}x}\right) \circ \cdots \circ A\left( {Tx}\right) \circ A\left( x\right) }\end{Vmatrix} = \chi \left( x\right) \text{ a.e. } \] and \[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\int \log \begin{Vmatrix}{...
Yes
Corollary 10.1.2. Let \( T : M \rightarrow M \) be a \( {C}^{1} \) -differentiable map of the compact manifold \( M \) and take any Riemannian metric on \( M \) . There exists \( B \in \mathcal{B}\left( M\right) \) with \( {TB} \subset B \) and \( m\left( B\right) = 1\forall m \in M\left( {m, T}\right) \), and a measur...
We have \( \chi \left( x\right) \leq \sup \left\{ {\begin{Vmatrix}{{\tau }_{y}T}\end{Vmatrix} : y \in M}\right\} ,\chi \left( {Tx}\right) = \chi \left( x\right) \forall x \in B \) and\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\int \log \begin{Vmatrix}{{\tau }_{x}\left( {T}^{n}\right) }\end{Vmatrix...
Yes
Theorem 10.3. Let \( T \) be an invertible measure-preserving transformation of the probability space \( \left( {X,\mathcal{B}, m}\right) \) . Let \( A : X \rightarrow {GL}\left( {R}^{k}\right) \) be a measurable function with \( {\left( \log \parallel A\left( x\right) \parallel \right) }^{ + } \in {L}^{1}\left( m\righ...
\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{n}\log \begin{Vmatrix}{A\left( {{T}^{n - 1}x}\right) \circ \cdots \circ A\left( {Tx}\right) \circ A\left( x\right) \left( v\right) }\end{Vmatrix} = {\lambda }^{\left( i\right) }\left( x\right) \] and \[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow x}}\frac{1}{n}\log \...
No
Theorem 1.2. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra then \( \forall a, b \in B \)\n\n1. \( a + a = a\;{aa} = a\; \) Idempotent Laws.\n\n2. \( a + {ab} = a\;a\left( {a + b}\right) = a\; \) Absorption Laws.
Proof.\n\n1. \( a + a = \left( {a + a}\right) \mathbf{1} = \left( {a + a}\right) \left( {a + {}^{ - }a}\right) = a + a\left( {{}^{ - }a}\right) = a + \mathbf{0} = a \) .\n\n2. \( a + {ab} = a\mathbf{1} + {ab} = a\left( {\mathbf{1} + b}\right) = a\left( {-b + b + b}\right) = a\left( {-b + b}\right) = a\mathbf{1} = a \) ...
Yes
Theorem 1.3. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra then\n\n1. \( - \mathbf{0} = \mathbf{1}, - \mathbf{1} = \mathbf{0} \) .\n\n2. \( \left( {\forall a \in B}\right) \left\lbrack {1 + a = 1 \land {0a} = 0}\right\rbrack \) .
Proof.\n\n1. \( - \mathbf{0} = \mathbf{0} + - \mathbf{0} = \mathbf{1} \) .\n\n2. \( 1 + a = \left( {-a + a}\right) + a = - a + \left( {a + a}\right) = - a + a = 1 \) .
No
Theorem 1.4. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra then \( \forall a, b \in B \)\n\n1. \( a + b = \mathbf{1} \land {ab} = \mathbf{0} \rightarrow b = {}^{ - }a \) .
1. \( b = b\mathbf{1} = b\left( {a + {}^{ - }a}\right) = {ba} + b\left( {{}^{ - }a}\right) \)\n\n\[ = 0 + b\left( {-a}\right) = a\left( {-a}\right) + b\left( {-a}\right) \]\n\n\[ = \left( {a + b}\right) \left( {-a}\right) = \mathbf{1}\left( {-a}\right) = - a. \]
Yes
Theorem 1.6. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra with natural order \( \leq \) then \( \forall a, b, c \in B \)\n\n1. \( a \leq a \) .\n\n2. \( a \leq b \land b \leq a \rightarrow a = b \) .\n\n3. \( a \leq b \land b \leq c \rightarrow a \leq c \) .
Proof.\n\n1. \( {aa} = a \) .\n\n2. \( a = {ab} = {ba} = b \) .\n\n3. If \( a = {ab} \land b = {bc} \) then \( a = {ab} = a\left( {bc}\right) = \left( {ab}\right) c = {ac} \) .
No
Theorem 1.7. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra with natural order \( \leq \) then \( \forall a, b \in B \)\n\n1. \( a \leq b \leftrightarrow - b \leq - a \) .\n\n2. \( a \leq b \leftrightarrow a - b = \mathbf{0} \) .\n\n3. \( a \leq b \leftrightarrow \left( {a \Rightar...
Proof. 1. If \( a \leq b \) then \( a = {ab} \) . Therefore \( {}^{ - }a = {}^{ - }\left( {ab}\right) = {}^{ - }a + {}^{ - }b \) . Then by Theorem 1.4.4 \( \left( {-b}\right) \left( {-a}\right) = - b \), i.e., \( - b \leq - a \) . Conversely if \( - b \leq - a \) then\n\n\[ \n- \left( {-a}\right) \leq - \left( {-b}\rig...
Yes
Theorem 1.8. If \( \\langle B, + , \\cdot , - ,\\mathbf{0},\\mathbf{1}\\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra with natural order \( \\leq \) then \( \\forall a, b, c, d \\in B \n\n1. \( 0 \\leq b \\leq 1 \) .\n\n2. \( \\left\\lbrack {a \\leq b}\\right\\rbrack \\land \\left\\lbrack {c \\leq d}\\right\\rbrack \\rightarrow \\lef...
Proof. 1. \( \\mathbf{0} = \\mathbf{0}b \\land b = b\\mathbf{1} \) .\n\n2. If \( a = {ab} \) and \( c = {cd} \) then \( \\left( {ac}\\right) \\left( {bd}\\right) = \\left( {ab}\\right) \\left( {cd}\\right) = {ac} \) and\n\n\\[ \n\\left( {a + c}\\right) \\left( {b + d}\\right) = {ab} + {ad} + {cb} + {cd} = a + {ad} + {c...
No
Theorem 1.11. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,0,1\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra and \( A \subseteq B \) then\n\n1. \( - \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{a \in A}}\left( {-a}\right) \) .\n\n2. \( - \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{a \in A}}a = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}\left( {-a}\right) \) ...
Proof. 1. Since \( \left( {\forall b \in A}\right) \left\lbrack {b \leq \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a}\right\rbrack \) we have \( - \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a \leq - b \) and hence\n\n\[ \n- \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a \leq \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{a \in A}}\left( {-a}\right) \n\]\n\nAlso \( \left( ...
No
Theorem 1.12. If \( \langle B, + , \cdot , - ,0,1\rangle \) is a Boolean algebra, if \( b, c \in B \) , \( A \subseteq B \), and\n\n\[ b = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a \]\n\nthen\n\n\[ {cb} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}{ca}. \]
Proof. If \( a \in A \) then by Definition 1.9, \( a \leq b \) and hence \( {ca} \leq {cb} \) . If for each \( a \in A,{ca} \leq d \) then since \( a = \left( {-c + c}\right) a = - {ca} + {ca} \leq - c + d \) it follows from Definition 1.9 that \( b \leq {}^{ - }c + d \) . Hence \( {cb} \leq d \) and again from Definit...
Yes
Theorem 1.14. \( \mathcal{P}\left( X\right) \) is a topology on \( X \) .
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.17. If \( T \) is a topology on \( X \) and \( A \subseteq X \) then \( {A}^{0} \in T \) .
Proof. If \( B = \{ N \in T \mid N \subseteq A\} \) then \( B \subseteq T \) . Furthermore\n\n\[ \n x \in {A}^{0} \leftrightarrow \exists N\left( x\right) \subseteq A \n\]\n\n\[ \n \leftrightarrow \exists N\left( x\right) \in B \n\]\n\n\[ \n \leftrightarrow x \in \cup \left( B\right) \text{.} \n\]\n\nThen \( {A}^{0} = ...
Yes
Theorem 1.19. If \( X \neq 0 \), if \( {T}^{\prime } \) is a collection of subsets of \( X \) with the properties\n\n1. \( \left( {\forall a \in X}\right) \left( {\exists A \in {T}^{\prime }}\right) \left\lbrack {a \in A}\right\rbrack \) .\n\n2. \( \left( {\forall a \in X}\right) \left( {\forall {A}_{1},{A}_{2} \in {T}...
Proof. If \( T = \left\{ {B \subseteq X \mid \left( {\exists C \subseteq {T}^{\prime }}\right) \left\lbrack {B = \bigcup \left( C\right) }\right\rbrack }\right\} \) then \( 0 = \bigcup \left( 0\right) \in T \) and from property \( 1, X = \bigcup \left( {T}^{\prime }\right) \in T \) . This establishes property 1 of Defi...
Yes
Theorem 1.21. 1. In any topology on \( X \) both 0 and \( X \) are clopen.
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.22. If \( A \subseteq X \) and if \( B \subseteq X \) then\n\n1. \( {A}^{0} \subseteq A \subseteq {A}^{ - } \).\n\n2. \( {A}^{00} = {A}^{0} \land {A}^{- - } = {A}^{ - } \).\n\n3. \( A \subseteq B \rightarrow {A}^{0} \subseteq {B}^{0} \land {A}^{ - } \subseteq {B}^{ - } \).\n\n4. \( {\left( X - A\right) }^{ - ...
Proof.\n\n1. \( x \in {A}^{0} \rightarrow \exists N\left( x\right) \subseteq A \)\n\n\[ \rightarrow x \in A \]\n\n\[ x \in A \rightarrow \left( {\forall N\left( x\right) }\right) \left\lbrack {N\left( x\right) \cap A \neq 0}\right\rbrack \]\n\n\[ \rightarrow x \in {A}^{ - }\text{.} \]\n\n2. \( x \in {A}^{0} \rightarrow...
Yes
Theorem 1.23. If \( A \subseteq X \) and if \( B \subseteq X \) then\n\n1. \( A \) regular open implies \( A \) open.\n\n2. \( A \) is open iff \( X - A \) is closed.\n\n3. \( A \) is closed iff \( X - A \) is open.\n\n4. \( A \subseteq B \) and \( A \) dense in \( X \) implies \( B \) dense in \( X \).
Proof.\n\n1. If \( A = {A}^{-0} \) then \( {A}^{0} = {A}^{-{00}} = {A}^{-0} = A \).\n\n2. \( A = {A}^{0} \leftrightarrow \left( {X - A}\right) = \left( {X - {A}^{0}}\right) \)\n\n\[ \leftrightarrow \left( {X - A}\right) = {\left( X - A\right) }^{ - }\text{.} \]\n\n3. Left to the reader.\n\n4. \( A \subseteq B \rightarr...
No
Theorem 1.24. If \( C \) is a clopen set in the topological space \( X \) and \( {B}^{ - } - {B}^{0} \subseteq C \) then \( {B}^{ - } - C \) is clopen.
Proof. If \( x \in {B}^{ - } - C \) then since \( {B}^{ - } - {B}^{0} \subseteq C \)\n\n\[ x \in {B}^{0} \land x \notin C. \]\n\nSince \( C \) is closed \( X - C \) is open. Therefore \( {B}^{0} \cap \left( {X - C}\right) \) is open. Then \( x \in {B}^{0} \cap \left( {X - C}\right) \) implies \( \exists N\left( x\right...
Yes
Theorem 1.26. The clopen sets of a topological space form a natural Boolean algebra.
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.27. If \( A \subseteq X \) and \( B \subseteq X \) then\n\n1. \( {\left( A \cup B\right) }^{ - } = {A}^{ - } \cup {B}^{ - },{\left( A \cap B\right) }^{0} = {A}^{0} \cap {B}^{0} \) ,\n\n2. \( {\left( A \cap B\right) }^{ - } \subseteq {A}^{ - } \cap {B}^{ - },{A}^{0} \cup {B}^{0} \subseteq {\left( A \cup B\righ...
Proof. 1. Since \( A \subseteq A \cup B \) and \( B \subseteq A \cup B \) we have \( {A}^{ - } \subseteq {\left( A \cup B\right) }^{ - } \)\n\nand \( {B}^{ - } \subseteq {\left( A \cup B\right) }^{ - } \) . Therefore \( \left( {{A}^{ - } \cup {B}^{ - }}\right) \subseteq {\left( A \cup B\right) }^{ - } \) .\n\n\( x \in ...
No
Theorem 1.28. If \( A \subseteq X \), and if \( B \subseteq X \), then\n\n1. \( A = {A}^{0} \rightarrow A \subseteq {A}^{-0} \) .
Proof. 1. If \( A = {A}^{0} \) then since \( A \subseteq {A}^{ - } \) we have \( A = {A}^{0} \subseteq {A}^{-0} \) .
No
If \( A \subseteq X \) and if \( B \subseteq X \) then 1. \( A \) and \( B \) are regular open implies \( A \cap B \) is regular open.
1. If \( A \) and \( B \) are regular open then since \( A \cap B \subseteq A \land A \cap B \subseteq B \) we have \[{\left( A \cap B\right) }^{-0} \subseteq {A}^{-0} = A\] \[{\left( A \cap B\right) }^{-0} \subseteq {B}^{-0} = B.\] Therefore \( {\left( A \cap B\right) }^{-0} \subseteq A \cap B \) . But also \[ \left( ...
Yes
Theorem 1.33. If \( \leq \) is a partial ordering of \( P \) then \( {T}^{\prime } \triangleq \{ \left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \mid x \in P\} \) is a base for a topology on \( P \) . Furthermore if \( A \subseteq P \) then in this topology\n\n1. \( x \in {A}^{0} \leftrightarrow \left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \subseteq A \) ...
Proof. \( \;\left( {\forall x \in P}\right) \left\lbrack {x \in \left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \in {T}^{\prime }}\right\rbrack \) .\n\n\[ \left( {\forall x \in P}\right) \left( {\forall \left\lbrack y\right\rbrack ,\left\lbrack z\right\rbrack \in {T}^{\prime }}\right) \left\lbrack {x \in \left\lbrack y\right\rbrack \cap \...
No
Theorem 1.34. If \( \langle P, \leq \rangle \) is a partial order structure and \( A \) is a collection of open subsets of \( P \) then\n\n\[ \mathop{\bigcap }\limits_{{a \in A}}a \]\n\nis open.
Proof.\n\n\[ p \in \mathop{\bigcap }\limits_{{a \in A}}a \rightarrow \left( {\forall a \in A}\right) \left\lbrack {p \in a}\right\rbrack \]\n\n\[ \rightarrow \left( {\forall a \in A}\right) \left\lbrack {\left\lbrack p\right\rbrack \subseteq a}\right\rbrack \]\n\n\[ \rightarrow \left\lbrack p\right\rbrack \subseteq \ma...
No
Theorem 1.35. If \( \\langle P, \\leq \\rangle \) is a partial order structure and \( A \) is a collection of regular open subsets of \( P \) then\n\n\[ \n\\mathop{\\prod }\\limits_{{a \\in A}}a = \\mathop{\\bigcap }\\limits_{{a \\in A}}a \n\]
Proof. By Theorem 1.34\n\n\[ \n\\mathop{\\bigcap }\\limits_{{a \\in A}}a \\subseteq {\\left( \\mathop{\\bigcap }\\limits_{{a \\in A}}a\\right) }^{-0} = \\mathop{\\prod }\\limits_{{a \\in A}}a \n\]\n\nOn the other hand, if \( a \\in A \) then\n\n\[ \n\\mathop{\\bigcap }\\limits_{{a \\in A}}a \\subseteq a \n\]\n\n\[ \n{\...
Yes
Theorem 1.37. If \( {\mathbf{B}}_{1} \) and \( {\mathbf{B}}_{2} \) are Boolean algebras and \( f : \left| {\mathbf{B}}_{1}\right| \rightarrow \left| {\mathbf{B}}_{2}\right| \) such that \( \forall x, y \in \left| {\mathbf{B}}_{1}\right| \n\n1. \( f\left( {x + y}\right) = f\left( x\right) + f\left( y\right) \).\n\n2. \(...
Proof.\n\n\[ f\left( {xy}\right) = f\left( {-\left( {-x + - y}\right) }\right) = - f\left( {-x + - y}\right) = - \left( {f\left( {-x}\right) + f\left( {-y}\right) }\right) \]\n\n\[ = - \left( {-f\left( x\right) + - f\left( y\right) }\right) = f\left( x\right) f\left( y\right) . \]
Yes
Theorem 1.38. If \( f \) is a homomorphism from \( {\mathbf{B}}_{1} \) into \( {\mathbf{B}}_{2} \) then\n\n1. \( f\left( \mathbf{0}\right) = \mathbf{0} \) .\n\n2. \( f\left( 1\right) = 1 \) .\n\n3. \( \left( {\forall x, y \in \left| {\mathbf{B}}_{1}\right| }\right) \left\lbrack {x \leq y \rightarrow f\left( x\right) \l...
Proof.\n\n1. \( f\left( \mathbf{0}\right) = f\left( {\mathbf{0}\left( {-\mathbf{0}}\right) }\right) = f\left( \mathbf{0}\right) \left( {-f\left( \mathbf{0}\right) }\right) = \mathbf{0} \) .\n\n2. \( f\left( 1\right) = f\left( {1 + {}^{ - }1}\right) = f\left( 1\right) + {}^{ - }f\left( 1\right) = 1 \) .\n\n3. \( x \leq ...
Yes
Theorem 1.39. If \( \mathbf{B} \) is a Boolean algebra with natural order \( \leq \) and if \( {B}_{0} = \left| \mathbf{B}\right| - \{ \mathbf{0}\} \) then \( \leq \) partially orders \( {B}_{0} \) and\n\n\[ \left( {\forall a, b \in {B}_{0}}\right) \left\lbrack {\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \cap \left\lbrack b\right\rbr...
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.42. If \( I \) is an ideal in the Boolean algebra \( \mathbf{B} \) then\n\n1. \( \left( {\forall a, b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| }\right) \left\lbrack {a \leq b \in I \rightarrow a \in I}\right\rbrack \) .\n\n2. \( 1 \in I \rightarrow I = B \) .
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.44. If \( f \) is a Boolean homomorphism on \( \mathbf{B} \) then \( \ker \left( f\right) \) is a proper ideal in B. Furthermore if \( \ker \left( f\right) = \{ \mathbf{0}\} \) then \( f \) is an isomorphism.
Proof. Since \( f\left( \mathbf{0}\right) = \mathbf{0},\;\mathbf{0} \in \ker \left( f\right) \) . Furthermore \( \ker \left( f\right) \subseteq \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \) . If \( a, b \in \ker \left( f\right) \) then\n\n\[ f\left( {a + b}\right) = f\left( a\right) + f\left( b\right) = \mathbf{0} + \mathbf{0} = \mathbf...
Yes
Theorem 1.45. If \( I \) is an ideal in the Boolean algebra \( \mathbf{B} \) then\n\n\[ \left( {\forall a, b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| }\right) \left\lbrack {a + b \in I \rightarrow a \in I \land b \in I}\right\rbrack . \]
Proof.\n\n\[ a = a + {ab} = a\left( {a + b}\right) \in I \]\n\n\[ b = b + {ab} = b\left( {a + b}\right) \in I. \]
Yes
Theorem 1.47. If \( I \) is a proper ideal in the Boolean algebra \( \mathbf{B} \) then\n\n1. \( a/I = b/I \leftrightarrow a\left( {-b}\right) + b\left( {-a}\right) \in I \) .
Proof. 1. If \( a/I = b/I \) then since \( a\left( {-a}\right) + a\left( {-a}\right) = \mathbf{0} \in I \) we have \( a \in a/I \) and hence \( a \in b/I \) . Therefore \( a\left( {-b}\right) + b\left( {-a}\right) \in I \) . Conversely if \( a\left( {-b}\right) + \) \( b\left( {-a}\right) \in I \) and \( x \in a/I \) t...
Yes
Theorem 1.48. If \( I \) is a proper ideal in \( \mathbf{B} \) then \( \left| \mathbf{B}\right| /I \) is the universe of a Boolean algebra, \( \mathbf{B}/I \), with operations\n\n\[ a/I + b/I = \left( {a + b}\right) /I,\;a/I \cdot b/I = {ab}/I,\; - \left( {a/I}\right) = \left( {-a}\right) /I \]\n\nand distinguished ele...
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.49. If \( I \) is a proper ideal in \( \mathbf{B} \) and\n\n\[ \left( {\forall a \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| }\right) \left\lbrack {f\left( a\right) = a/I}\right\rbrack \]\n\nthen \( f \) is a Boolean homomorphism of \( \mathbf{B} \) onto \( \mathbf{B}/I \) and \( \ker \left( f\right) = I \) .
Proof. Left to the reader.
No
Theorem 1.52. If \( \mathbf{B} = \langle B, \cup , \cap ,{}^{ - },\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is a complete Boolean algebra, if \( M \) is a standard transitive model of \( {ZF} \), and if \( 1 \in M \) then \( {B}^{M} \triangleq \langle B \cap M \) , \( \cup , \cap , - ,\mathbf{0},\mathbf{1}\rangle \) is an \( M \...
Proof. If \( a, b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \cap M \) then\n\n\[ a \cup b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \cap M,\;a \cap b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \cap M\text{ and }{}^{ - }a = \mathbf{1} - a \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \cap M.\]\n\nSince \( \mathbf{0},\mathbf{1} \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \cap M \) it follows...
Yes
Theorem 1.53. If \( \langle P, \leq \rangle \) is a partial order structure, if \( \langle P, \leq \rangle \in M \) , \( M \) a standard transitive model of \( {ZF} \), and if \( \mathbf{B} \) is the Boolean algebra of regular open subsets of \( P \), then \( \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \cap M \) is the universe of an \( ...
Proof. Since \( \langle P, \leq \rangle \in M \) and \( M \) is transitive\n\n\[ \left( {\forall p \in P}\right) \left\lbrack {\left\lbrack p\right\rbrack \in M}\right\rbrack \text{.} \]\n\nSince \( M \) satisfies the Axiom Schema of Replacement\n\n\[ \{ \langle p,\left\lbrack p\right\rbrack \rangle \mid p \in P\} \in ...
Yes
1. The kernel of every complete Boolean homomorphism is a complete ideal.
1. If \( f \) is a complete Boolean homomorphism on \( \mathbf{B} \) and \( A \subseteq \) \( \ker \left( f\right) \) then\n\n\[ f\left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}f\left( a\right) = \mathbf{0}. \]\n\nConsequently \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in A}}a \in \ker \left( ...
Yes
Theorem 1.55. Every complete Boolean ideal is principal.
Proof. If \( I \) is a complete ideal then, since \( I \subseteq I,\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in I}}a \in I \) and \( \left( {\forall b \in I}\right) \left\lbrack {b \leq \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in I}}a}\right\rbrack \) . Furthermore\n\n\[ \left( {\forall b \leq \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{a \in I}}a}\right) \left\lbrac...
Yes
Theorem 1.57. \( I \) is a maximal ideal in the Boolean algebra \( \mathbf{B} \) iff\n\n\[ \left( {\forall b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| }\right) \left\lbrack {b \in I \leftrightarrow - b \notin I}\right\rbrack . \]
Proof. If \( b \in \left| \mathbf{B}\right| \land b \notin I \land - b \notin I \) and\n\n\[ J = \{ x + y \mid x \leq b \land y \in I\} \]\n\nthen \( \mathbf{0} \in J \) . If \( \left\lbrack {{x}_{1} \leq b}\right\rbrack \land \left\lbrack {{y}_{1} \in I}\right\rbrack \land \left\lbrack {{x}_{2} \leq b}\right\rbrack \l...
Yes