Some results on the classification of expansive automorphisms of compact abelian groups

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper we study expansive automorphisms of compact 0-dimensional abelian groups. Our main result is the complete algebraic and topological classification of the transitive expansive automorpisms for which the maximal order of the elements isp2for a primep. This yields a classification of the transitive expansive automorphisms with topological entropy logp2. Finally, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for an expansive automorphism to be conjugated, topologically and algebraically, to a shift over a finite group.