diff --git a/src/dyn/top/def.tex b/src/dyn/top/def.tex index 66d364c..525bbd8 100644 --- a/src/dyn/top/def.tex +++ b/src/dyn/top/def.tex @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \begin{definition}[Pointed Flow] \label{definition:tds-pointed} - Let $G$ be a group, then a \textbf{pointed $G$-flow} is a pair $(X, x_0)$, where $X$ is a $G$-flow, and $x_0 \in X$ is a distinguished point. + Let $G$ be a group, then a \textbf{pointed $G$-flow} is a pair $(X, x_0)$, where $X$ is a $G$-flow, and $x_0 \in X$ is a distinguished point. The mapping $\rho_x: G \to X$ defined by $g \mapsto gx_0$ is the \textbf{orbit map} of $(X, x_0)$. Let $(G \curvearrowleft X, x_0)$ and $(G \curvearrowright Y, y_0)$ be pointed $G$-flows, then a \textbf{morphism of pointed $G$-flows} is a morphism of $G$-flows $\pi: X \to Y$ such that $\pi(x_0) = y_0$. \end{definition} diff --git a/src/dyn/top/recurrence.tex b/src/dyn/top/recurrence.tex index 172c3c7..ad94520 100644 --- a/src/dyn/top/recurrence.tex +++ b/src/dyn/top/recurrence.tex @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ \] \end{definition} + \begin{definition}[Recurrence] \label{definition:tds-recurrence} Let $G$ be an infinite group, $G \curvearrowright X$ be a $G$-flow, and $x \in X$, then $x$ is \textbf{recurrent} if for every $U \in \cn_X(x)$, $N(x, U)$ is infinite. diff --git a/src/dyn/top/stone-cech.tex b/src/dyn/top/stone-cech.tex index 92be03f..fba9611 100644 --- a/src/dyn/top/stone-cech.tex +++ b/src/dyn/top/stone-cech.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\section{$G \curvearrowright \beta G$} +\section{The Universal Flow} \label{section:stone-cech-flow} \begin{definition}[Greatest Ambit] @@ -52,3 +52,97 @@ for all $g \in G$. Finally, since $\beta G$ is compact and $X$ is Hausdorff, $\pi(\beta G)$ is \hyperref[also compact]{proposition:compact-extensions} and \hyperref[hence closed]{proposition:compact-closed}. As $(X, x_0)$ is an ambit and $\pi(\beta G) \supset Gx_0$, $\pi(\beta G) \supset \ol{Gx_0} = X$. \end{proof} +\begin{definition} +\label{definition:stone-cech-semigroup} + Let $G$ be a discrete group. For each $\fU, \fV \in \beta G$, let $\fU \cdot \fV = \lim_{g \to \fU}g\fV$, then + \begin{enumerate} + \item For each $A \subset G$, $A \in \fU \cdot \fV$ if and only if $\bracsn{g \in G|g^{-1}A \in \fV} \in \fU$. + \item $\beta G$ equipped with the composition law $(\fU, \fV) \mapsto \fU \cdot \fV$ is a semigroup with identity $1_G$. + \item (\textbf{Right Topological}) For each $\fV \in \beta G$, the mapping $\beta G \to \beta G$ defined by $\fU \mapsto \fU \cdot \fV$ is continuous. + \end{enumerate} +\end{definition} +\begin{proof} + (3): By (U2) of the \hyperref[Stone-Čech compactification]{definition:stone-cech}. +\end{proof} + +\begin{definition}[Induced Action] +\label{definition:stone-cech-semigroup-induced-action} + Let $G$ be a group, $(X, x_0)$ be a pointed $G$-flow, and $p_x: G \to X$ be the orbit map, then the mapping + \[ + \pi: \beta G \to C(X; X) \quad \pi_\fU x = \fU x = \lim_{g \to \fU}gx + \] + + is a semigroup action of $\beta G$ on $X$, known as the \textbf{induced action} of $\beta G$ on $X$. +\end{definition} + + + +\begin{proposition} +\label{proposition:tds-return-set-stone-cech} + Let $G \curvearrowright X$ be a $G$-flow and $x \in X$. For each $y \in X$ and $\fU \in \beta G$, then $y = \fU x$ if and only if $N(x, U) \in \fU$. +\end{proposition} +\begin{proof} + By definition of filter limits, $y = \fU x$ if and only if $p_x^{-1}(U) \in \fU$ for all $U \in \cn_X(y)$. Since $p_x^{-1}(U) = N(x, U)$, $y = \fU x$ if and only if $N(x, U) \in \fU$. +\end{proof} + +\begin{proposition} +\label{proposition:z-stone-cech-fixed-point} + Let $G \curvearrowright X$ be a $G$-flow and $x \in X$, then the following are equivalent: + \begin{enumerate} + \item For each $U \in \cn_X(x)$, $N(x, U)$ is infinite. + \item There exists $\fU \in \beta G \setminus G$ such that $px = x$. + \end{enumerate} +\end{proposition} +% "obvious" + + +\begin{definition}[Left Ideal] +\label{definition:left-ideal-semigroup} + Let $G$ be a semigroup and $\emptyset \ne I \subset G$, then $I$ is a \textbf{left ideal} if for any $g \in G$ and $h \in I$, $gh \in I$. The left ideal $I$ is \textbf{minimal} if there exists no left ideal $J \subsetneq I$. +\end{definition} + +\begin{proposition} +\label{proposition:stone-cech-ideal-subflow} + Let $G$ be a group and $\emptyset \ne I \subset \beta G$. If $I$ is closed, then the following are equivalent: + \begin{enumerate} + \item $L$ is a $G$-subflow of $\beta G$. + \item $L$ is a closed left ideal of $\beta G$. + \end{enumerate} + + Moreover, for arbitrary $\emptyset \ne I \subset \beta G$, the following are equivalent + \begin{enumerate}[label=(M\arabic*)] + \item $L$ is a minimal $G$-subflow of $\beta G$. + \item $L$ is a minimal left ideal of $\beta G$. + \end{enumerate} + + In particular, minimal left ideals of $\beta G$ are closed. +\end{proposition} + +\begin{corollary} +\label{corollary:stone-cech-minimal-ideal-existence} + Let $G$ be a group, then $\beta G$ admits a minimal ideal. +\end{corollary} +\begin{proof} + By \autoref{theorem:tds-minimal-existence} and \autoref{proposition:stone-cech-ideal-subflow}. +\end{proof} + +\begin{definition}[Universal Minimal Flow] +\label{definition:universal-minimal-flow} + Let $G$ be a group, then there exists a flow $(M, \alpha)$ such that: + \begin{enumerate} + \item $(M, \alpha)$ is a minimal $G$-flow. + \item[(U)] For any minimal $G$-flow $(X, \beta)$, $x_0 \in X$, and $m_0 \in M$, there exists a unique continuous map $\Phi \in C(M; X)$ such that $\Phi(m_0) = x_0$ and the following diagram commutes + \[ + \xymatrix{ + M \ar@{->}[r]^{\Phi} \ar@{->}[d]_{\alpha(g)} & X \ar@{->}[d]^{\beta(g)} \\ + M \ar@{->}[r]_{\Phi} & X + } + \] + + for all $g \in G$. + \end{enumerate} +\end{definition} + + + +