Mohd. Salmi Md. Noorani

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Abstract

Let A:T→T be an ergodic automorphism of a finite-dimensional torus T. Also, let G be the set of elements in T with some fixed finite order. Then, G acts on the right of T, and by denoting the restriction of A to G by τ, we have A(xg)=A(x)τ(g) for all x∈T and g∈G. Now, let A˜:T˜→T˜ be the (ergodic) automorphism induced by the G-action on T. Let τ˜ be an A˜-closed orbit (i.e., periodic orbit) and τ an A-closed orbit which is a lift of τ˜. Then, the degree of τ over τ˜ is defined by the integer deg(τ/τ˜)=λ(τ)/λ(τ˜), where λ( ) denotes the (least) period of the respective closed orbits. Suppose that τ1,…,τt is the distinct A-closed orbits that covers τ˜. Then, deg(τ1/τ˜)+⋯+deg(τt/τ˜)=|G|. Now, let l¯=(deg(τ1/τ˜),…,deg(τt/τ˜)). Then, the previous equation implies that the t-tuple l¯ is a partition of the integer |G| (after reordering if needed). In this case, we say that τ˜ induces the partition l¯ of the integer |G|. Our aim in this paper is to characterize this partition l¯ for which Al¯={τ˜⊂T˜:τ˜ induces the partition l¯} is nonempty and provides an asymptotic formula involving the closed orbits in such a set as their period goes to infinity.