On semi-open codes and bi-continuing almost everywhere codes

Abstract

We will show that a system is synchronized if and only if it has a cover whose cover map is semi-open. Also, any factor code on an irreducible sofic shift is semi-open and the image of a synchronized system by a semi-open code is synchronized. On the other side, right-closing semi-open extension of an irreducible shift of finite type is of finite type. Moreover, we give conditions on finite-to-one factor codes to be open and show that any semi-open code on a synchronized system is bi-continuing a.e. We give some sufficient conditions for a right-continuing a.e. factor code being right-continuing everywhere.