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On the Existence of Markov Partitions for Zd Actions
e A.
ahin
Department of Mathematics, George Washington University Washington DC 20052, USA, robinson{at}gwu.edu
Department of Mathematical Sciences, DePaul University 2320 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614-7807, USA, asahin{at}condor.depaul.edu
Received 27 September 2002. Revision received 4 July 2003.
The theory of higher-dimensional shifts of finite type is still largely an open area of investigation. Recent years have seen much activity, but fundamental questions remain unanswered. In this paper we consider the following basic question. Given a shift of finite type (SFT), under what topological mixing conditions are we guaranteed the existence of Bernoulli (or even K, mixing, or weakly mixing) invariant measures?