Multi ping-pong and an entropy estimate in groups



Abstract

We provide an entropy estimate from below for a finitely generated group of transformation of a compact metric space which contains a ping-pong game with several players located anywhere in the group.


Keywords

topological entropy; transformation group; ping-pong

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Published : 2018-01-31


TarchałaK., & WalczakP. (2018). Multi ping-pong and an entropy estimate in groups. Annales Mathematicae Silesianae, 32, 313-318. Retrieved from https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/AMSIL/article/view/13929

Katarzyna Tarchała 
Katedra Geometrii, Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Łódzki  Poland
Paweł Walczak  pawelwal@math.uni.lodz.pl
Katedra Geometrii, Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Łódzki  Poland



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