In this expository paper we describe a unifying approach for many known entropies in Mathematics. First we give the notion of semigroup entropy hS:S→R+ in the category S of normed semigroups and contractive homomorphisms, recalling also its properties. For a specific category X and a functor F:X→S we have the entropy hF, defined by the composition hF=hS◦F, which automatically satisfies the same properties proved for hS. This general scheme permits to obtain many of the known entropies as hF, for appropriately chosen categories X and functors F:X→S. In the last part we recall the definition and the fundamental properties of the algebraic entropy for group endomorphisms, noting how its deeper properties depend on the specific setting. Finally we discuss the notion of growth for flows of groups, comparing it with the classical notion of growth for finitely generated groups.

Discrete dynamical systems in group theory

DIKRANJAN, Dikran;GIORDANO BRUNO, Anna
2013-01-01

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In this expository paper we describe a unifying approach for many known entropies in Mathematics. First we give the notion of semigroup entropy hS:S→R+ in the category S of normed semigroups and contractive homomorphisms, recalling also its properties. For a specific category X and a functor F:X→S we have the entropy hF, defined by the composition hF=hS◦F, which automatically satisfies the same properties proved for hS. This general scheme permits to obtain many of the known entropies as hF, for appropriately chosen categories X and functors F:X→S. In the last part we recall the definition and the fundamental properties of the algebraic entropy for group endomorphisms, noting how its deeper properties depend on the specific setting. Finally we discuss the notion of growth for flows of groups, comparing it with the classical notion of growth for finitely generated groups.
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