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Minimal flows of finite almost periodic rank

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Joseph Auslander  and
Nelson Markley
Joseph Auslander
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
Nelson Markley
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Abstract

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The totally minimal flow (X, T) is said to have finite almost periodic rank if there is a positive integer n such that whenever (x1, x2,…, xn+1) is an almost periodic point of the product flow (Xn+1, T×…×T) then, for some i≠j, xi, and xj are in the same orbit. The rank of (X, T) is the smallest such integer. If (Y, S) is a graphic flow, (Y, Sn) has rank |n| and it is shown that every finite rank flow has, modulo a proximal extension, a graphic power factor. Various classes of finite rank flows are defined, and characterized in terms of their Ellis groups. There are four disjoint types which have basic structural differences.

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 155 - 172
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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