Download or read book Topics in Symbolic Dynamics and Applications written by F. Blanchard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to recent developments in symbolic dynamics, and it comprises eight chapters. The first two are concerned with the study of symbolic sequences of 'low complexity', the following two introduce 'high complexity' systems. The later chapters go on to deal with more specialised topics including ergodic theory, number theory, and one-dimensional dynamics.