{ "id": "1806.00214", "version": "v1", "published": "2018-06-01T06:48:50.000Z", "updated": "2018-06-01T06:48:50.000Z", "title": "Topological Markov chains of given entropy and period with or without measure of maximal entropy", "authors": [ "Sylvie Ruette" ], "comment": "6 pages", "categories": [ "math.DS" ], "abstract": "We show that, for every positive real number h and every positive integer p, there exist oriented graphs G, G' (with countably many vertices) that are strongly connected, of period p, of Gurevich entropy h, such that G is positive recurrent (thus the topological Markov chain on G admits a measure of maximal entropy) and G' is transient (thus the topological Markov chain on G' admits no measure of maximal entropy).", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2018-06-01T06:48:50.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "37B10", "37B40" ], "keywords": [ "topological markov chain", "maximal entropy", "gurevich entropy", "positive real number", "oriented graphs" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 6, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }