Operator Theory Seminar

Speaker: 
Steve Hurder, University of Illinois, Chicago
Topic: 
Stable Cantor dynamics

Abstract:
A Cantor dynamical system is the action of a finitely generated group $G$ on a Cantor space $X$.  The class of equicontinuous Cantor actions is equivalent to the class of arboreal actions. We discuss properties of the equicontinuous Cantor actions, and introduce the notion of a  stable Cantor action. We define a new invariant of stable Cantor actions, the stable discriminant.  A main result is that the stable discriminant is an invariant of continuous orbit equivalence of the action. We discuss examples provided by actions of nilpotent groups, and actions associated to non-co-Hopfian groups.

Event Date: 
February 18, 2020 - 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Location: 
309 VAN
Calendar Category: 
Seminar
Seminar Category: 
Operator Theory