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1 Existence of Finite Invariant Measure |
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1 | (16) |
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1.1 Recurrent Transformations |
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2 | (2) |
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1.2 Finite Invariant Measure |
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4 | (13) |
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2 Transformations with No Finite Invariant Measure |
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17 | (8) |
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2.1 Measurable Transformations |
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17 | (4) |
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2.2 Ergodic Transformations |
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21 | (4) |
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3 Infinite Ergodic Transformations |
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25 | (16) |
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3.1 General Properties of Infinite Ergodic Transformations |
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25 | (1) |
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3.2 Weakly Wandering Sequences |
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26 | (6) |
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32 | (9) |
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3.3.1 Transformations with Recurrent Sequences |
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34 | (2) |
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3.3.2 Transformations Without Recurrent Sequences |
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36 | (5) |
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41 | (24) |
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41 | (7) |
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4.1.1 Induced Transformations |
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42 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Construction of the First Basic Example |
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43 | (5) |
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48 | (12) |
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4.2.1 Non-measure-Preserving Commutators |
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48 | (4) |
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4.2.2 A General Class of Transformations |
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52 | (4) |
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4.2.3 Construction of the Second Basic Example |
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56 | (4) |
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60 | (5) |
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4.3.1 Construction of the Third Basic Example |
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60 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Random Walk on the Integers |
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62 | (3) |
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5 Properties of Various Sequences |
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65 | (14) |
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5.1 Properties of ww and Recurrent Sequences |
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65 | (5) |
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5.2 Dissipative Sequences |
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70 | (5) |
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5.3 The Sequences in a Different Setting |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (24) |
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6.1 Exhaustive Weakly Wandering Sets |
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79 | (5) |
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6.2 α-Type Transformations |
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84 | (3) |
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6.3 Recurrent Sequences as an Isomorphism Invariant |
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87 | (6) |
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6.3.1 Construction of the Transformation Tε |
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88 | (3) |
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6.3.2 The Recurrent Sequences for Tε |
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91 | (2) |
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6.4 Growth Distributions for a Transformation |
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93 | (10) |
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103 | (44) |
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7.1 Infinite Tilings of the Integers |
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103 | (5) |
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7.1.1 Structure of Complementing Pairs in N |
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104 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Complementing Pairs in Z When A or B Is Finite |
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105 | (1) |
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7.1.3 Infinite A, B: No Structure Expected |
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106 | (2) |
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7.2 How Tilings Arise in Ergodic Theory |
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108 | (7) |
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7.2.1 Constructing a Transformation from a Hitting Sequence |
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110 | (5) |
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7.3 Examples of Complementing Pairs |
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115 | (9) |
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7.3.1 A Complementing Set That Is Not a Hitting Sequence |
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116 | (1) |
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7.3.2 A ww Sequence Which Is Not eww for Any Transformation |
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117 | (2) |
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7.3.3 An eww Sequence with a Complementing Set That Does Not Come from a Point |
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119 | (5) |
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7.4 Extending a Finite Set to a Complementing Set |
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124 | (6) |
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7.4.1 Definitions and Notations |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (5) |
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7.5 Complementing Sets of A and the 2-Adic Integers |
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130 | (6) |
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7.5.1 The 2-Adic Integers |
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131 | (3) |
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7.5.2 Condition (iv) Is Not Enough to Be Complementing |
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134 | (2) |
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7.6 Examples: Non-isomorphic Transformations |
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136 | (5) |
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7.6.1 Two Non-isomorphic Transformations |
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136 | (3) |
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7.6.2 An Uncountable Family of Non-isomorphic Transformations |
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139 | (2) |
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7.7 An Odometer Construction from M |
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141 | (6) |
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7.7.1 Set Theoretic Construction of X |
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141 | (1) |
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7.7.2 Defining the Sequences A and B Associated to M |
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142 | (2) |
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7.7.3 The Sequence M and Multiple Recurrence |
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144 | (3) |
References |
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147 | (4) |
Index |
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