Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2008
For a finite Abelian group G define the two-dimensional Markov shift for all . Let μG be the Haar measure on the subgroup . The group ℤ2 acts on the measure space (XG, MG) by shifts. We prove that if G1, and G2 are p-groups and E(G1,) ≠ E(G2), where E(G) is the least common multiple of the orders of the elements of G, then the shift actions on and are not measure-theoretically isomorphic. For any finite Abelian groups G1 and G2 the shift actions on and are topologically conjugate if and only if G1 and G2 are isomorphic.