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A general notion of algebraic entropy and the rank-entropy

  • Luigi Salce and Paolo Zanardo
Published/Copyright: June 15, 2009
Forum Mathematicum
From the journal Volume 21 Issue 4

Abstract

We give a general definition of a subadditive invariant i of Mod(R), where R is any ring, and the related notion of algebraic entropy of endomorphisms of R-modules, with respect to i. We examine the properties of the various entropies that arise in different circumstances. Then we focus on the rank-entropy, namely the entropy arising from the invariant ‘rank’ for Abelian groups. We show that the rank-entropy satisfies the Addition Theorem. We also provide a uniqueness theorem for the rank-entropy.

Received: 2007-06-25
Published Online: 2009-06-15
Published in Print: 2009-July

© de Gruyter 2009

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