Symbolic dynamics

Symbolic dynamics is a branch of mathematics that studies dynamical systems through the use of symbols and sequences. It focuses on representing complex dynamical behaviors and trajectories in a simplified way using finite or countable sets of symbols. The primary idea in symbolic dynamics is to encode the states of a dynamical system as sequences of symbols. For example, one can take a continuous or discrete dynamical system and map its trajectories onto a finite alphabet (like {0, 1} for binary sequences).

The Bernoulli scheme, often referenced in the context of probability theory and stochastic processes, generally refers to a specific sequence of independent Bernoulli trials. Each trial has two possible outcomes, often labeled as "success" (often represented as 1) and "failure" (represented as 0), with a fixed probability of success \( p \) for each trial and a probability of failure \( 1 - p \).

The Curtis–Hedlund–Lyndon theorem is a result in the field of topological dynamics, which is a branch of mathematics that studies the behavior of dynamical systems from a topological perspective. Specifically, the theorem provides a characterization of continuous functions on a compact Hausdorff space that can be represented as a composition of a continuous map and a homeomorphism.

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A Markov partition is a specific type of partitioning of a dynamical system that is used in the study of dynamical systems, particularly those that exhibit chaotic behavior. It is closely related to concepts in ergodic theory and symbolic dynamics.

The Ornstein isomorphism theorem is a result in the theory of dynamical systems, particularly in the context of ergodic theory. Named after the mathematician Donald Ornstein, it deals with the classification of measure-preserving transformations. The theorem states that any two ergodic measure-preserving systems that have the same entropy are isomorphic.