Topological entropy of the image of a set under a semiconjugacy #
Consider two dynamical systems (X, S)
and (Y, T)
together with a semiconjugacy φ
:
X ---S--> X
| |
φ φ
| |
v v
Y ---T--> Y
We relate the topological entropy of a subset F ⊆ X
with the topological entropy
of its image φ '' F ⊆ Y
.
The best-known theorem is that, if all maps are uniformly continuous, then
coverEntropy T (φ '' F) ≤ coverEntropy S F
. This is theorem
coverEntropy_image_le_of_uniformContinuous
herein. We actually prove the much more general
statement that coverEntropy T (φ '' F) = coverEntropy S F
if X
is endowed with the pullback
by φ
of the uniform structure of Y
.
This more general statement has another direct consequence: if F
is S
-invariant, then the
topological entropy of the restriction of S
to F
is exactly coverEntropy S F
. This
corollary is essential: in most references, the entropy of an invariant subset (or subsystem) F
is
defined as the entropy of the restriction to F
of the system. We chose instead to give a direct
definition of the topological entropy of a subset, so as to avoid working with subtypes. Theorem
coverEntropy_restrict
shows that this choice is coherent with the literature.
Implementation notes #
We use only the definition of the topological entropy using covers; the simplest version of
IsDynCoverOf.image
for nets fails.
Main results #
coverEntropy_image_of_comap
/coverEntropyInf_image_of_comap
: the entropy ofφ '' F
equals the entropy ofF
ifX
is endowed with the pullback byφ
of the uniform structure ofY
.coverEntropy_image_le_of_uniformContinuous
/coverEntropyInf_image_le_of_uniformContinuous
: the entropy ofφ '' F
is lower than the entropy ofF
ifφ
is uniformly continuous.coverEntropy_restrict
: the entropy of the restriction ofS
to an invariant setF
iscoverEntropy S F
.
Tags #
entropy, semiconjugacy
The entropy of φ '' F
equals the entropy of F
if X
is endowed with the pullback by φ
of the uniform structure of Y
.
The entropy of φ '' F
equals the entropy of F
if X
is endowed with the pullback by φ
of the uniform structure of Y
. This version uses a liminf
.
The entropy of the restriction of T
to an invariant set F
is coverEntropy S F
. This
theorem justifies our definition of coverEntropy T F
.
The entropy of φ '' F
is lower than entropy of F
if φ
is uniformly continuous.
The entropy of φ '' F
is lower than entropy of F
if φ
is uniformly continuous. This
version uses a liminf
.