Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2002
Published In
American Mathematical Monthly
Abstract
Johnson and Madden look at collections of bi-infinite strings of symbols that occur in several different areas of mathematics and ask whether these collections are the same in some sense. A dynamical systems property called entropy can be used to show that the shifts of finite type are not all conjugate to uniquely decipherable renewal systems.
Recommended Citation
Aimee S. A. Johnson and K. M. Madden.
(2002).
"Renewal Systems, Sharp-Eyed Snakes, And Shifts Of Finite Type".
American Mathematical Monthly.
Volume 109,
Issue 3.
258-272.
DOI: 10.2307/2695355
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-math-stat/66
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