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Generating Forbidden Words and Measures of Maximal Entropy for Subshifts

arXiv Mathematics · WORLD · Mathematics · 11/4/2026, 12:00:00 AM

arXiv:2611.03758v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We prove that if the entropy of generating forbidden words of a subshift over a finite alphabet is strictly smaller than its topological entropy, then the subshift has only finitely many ergodic measures of maximal entropy, each of which is Bernoulli up to a finite period, and admits a characteristic measure of maximal entropy. In particular, these conclusions hold when the entropy of minimal forbidden words is strictly smaller than the topological entropy, giving a negative answer to a question of Buzzi.

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