Kolmogorov automorphism

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In mathematics, a Kolmogorov automorphism, K-automorphism, K-shift or K-system is an invertible, measure-preserving automorphism defined on a standard probability space that obeys Kolmogorov's zero–one law.[1] All Bernoulli automorphisms are K-automorphisms (one says they have the K-property), but not vice versa. Many ergodic dynamical systems have been shown to have the K-property, although more recent research has shown that many of these are in fact Bernoulli automorphisms.

Although the definition of the K-property seems reasonably general, it stands in sharp distinction to the Bernoulli automorphism. In particular, the Ornstein isomorphism theorem does not apply to K-systems, and so the entropy is not sufficient to classify such systems – there exist uncountably many non-isomorphic K-systems with the same entropy. In essence, the collection of K-systems is large, messy and uncategorized; whereas the B-automorphisms are 'completely' described by Ornstein theory.

Formal definition

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Let   be a standard probability space, and let   be an invertible, measure-preserving transformation. Then   is called a K-automorphism, K-transform or K-shift, if there exists a sub-sigma algebra   such that the following three properties hold:

 
 
 

Here, the symbol   is the join of sigma algebras, while   is set intersection. The equality should be understood as holding almost everywhere, that is, differing at most on a set of measure zero.

Properties

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Assuming that the sigma algebra is not trivial, that is, if  , then   It follows that K-automorphisms are strong mixing.

All Bernoulli automorphisms are K-automorphisms, but not vice versa.

Kolmogorov automorphisms are precisely the natural extensions of exact endomorphisms,[2] i.e. mappings   for which   consists of measure-zero sets or their complements, where   is the sigma-algebra of measureable sets,.

References

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  1. ^ Peter Walters, An Introduction to Ergodic Theory, (1982) Springer-Verlag ISBN 0-387-90599-5
  2. ^ V. A. Rohlin, Exact endomorphisms of Lebesgue spaces, Amer. Math. Soc. Transl., Series 2, 39 (1964), 1-36.

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