We proved that the topological conjugacy relation on $T_1$, a subclass of Toeplitz subshifts, is hyperfinite, extending Kaya's result that the topological conjugate relation of Toeplitz subshifts with growing blocks is hyperfinite. A close concept about the topological conjugacy is the flip conjugacy, which has been broadly studied in terms of the topological full groups. Particularly, we provided an equivalent characterization on Toeplitz subshifts with single hole structure to be flip invariant.

The nature of this paper is expository. The purpose is to present the fundamental material concerning actions of infinite discrete groups on the n-sphere and pseudo-Riemannian space forms based on the works of Gehring, Martin and Kulkarni and provide appropriate examples. Actions on the n-sphere split it into ordinary and limit sets. Assuming, additionally, that a group acting on the n-sphere has a certain convergence property, this thesis includes conditions for the existence of a homeomorphism between the limit set and the set of Freudenthal ends, as well as topological and quasiconformal conjugacy between convergence and Mobius groups. Since the certain pseudo-Riemannian space forms are diffeomorphic to non-compact spaces, the work of Hambleton and Pedersen gives conditions for the extension of discrete co-compact group actions on pseudo-Riemannian space forms to actions on the sphere. An example of such an extension is described. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

Nós estudaremos o comportamento de difeomorfismos do círculo, tanto do ponto de vista combinatório quanto do ponto de vista topológico e da teoria da medida, seguindo os trabalhos de Michael Herman. A cada homeomorfismo do círculo podemos associar um número real positivo, denominado número de rotação. Mostraremos que existe um conjunto de números irracionais de medida de Lebesgue total na reta tal que, se f é um difeomorfismo do círculo de classe \'C POT. r \' que preserva a orientação, com r maior ou igual a 3 e com número de rotação nesse conjunto, então f é pelo menos \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugada a uma translação irracional. Além disso, mostraremos que dado um caminho \'f IND. t\' de classe \'C POT. 1\' definido em um intervalo [a;b] no conjunto dos difeomorfismos do círculo de classe \'C POT. r\' que preservam a orientação, com r maior ou igual a 3, o conjunto dos parâmetros em que \'f IND. t\' é \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugada a uma translação irracional tem medida de Lebesgue positiva, desde que os números de rotação em \'f IND. a\' e \'f IND. b\' sejam distintos / We will study the generic behavior of circle diffeomorphisms, in the combinatorial, topological and measure-theoretical sense, following the work of Michael Herman. To each order preserving homeomorphism of the circle we can associate a positive real number, called rotation number, which is invariant under conjugacy. We will show that there is a set of irrational numbers with full Lebesgue measure on R such that, if f is a circle diffeomorphism of class \'C POT. r\', with r greater or equal 3 and with rotation number in that set, then f is at least \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugated to an irrational translation. Moreover, we will show that if ft is a \'C POT. 1\' -path defined on a interval [a;b] over the set of the circle diffeomorphisms orientation preserving, with r \'> or =\' 3, then the set of parameters where \'f IND. t\' is \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugated to a irrational translation has positive Lebesgue measure, since the rotation numbers of \'f IND. a\' and \'f IND. b\' are distinct

Nós estudaremos o comportamento de difeomorfismos do círculo, tanto do ponto de vista combinatório quanto do ponto de vista topológico e da teoria da medida, seguindo os trabalhos de Michael Herman. A cada homeomorfismo do círculo podemos associar um número real positivo, denominado número de rotação. Mostraremos que existe um conjunto de números irracionais de medida de Lebesgue total na reta tal que, se f é um difeomorfismo do círculo de classe \'C POT. r \' que preserva a orientação, com r maior ou igual a 3 e com número de rotação nesse conjunto, então f é pelo menos \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugada a uma translação irracional. Além disso, mostraremos que dado um caminho \'f IND. t\' de classe \'C POT. 1\' definido em um intervalo [a;b] no conjunto dos difeomorfismos do círculo de classe \'C POT. r\' que preservam a orientação, com r maior ou igual a 3, o conjunto dos parâmetros em que \'f IND. t\' é \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugada a uma translação irracional tem medida de Lebesgue positiva, desde que os números de rotação em \'f IND. a\' e \'f IND. b\' sejam distintos / We will study the generic behavior of circle diffeomorphisms, in the combinatorial, topological and measure-theoretical sense, following the work of Michael Herman. To each order preserving homeomorphism of the circle we can associate a positive real number, called rotation number, which is invariant under conjugacy. We will show that there is a set of irrational numbers with full Lebesgue measure on R such that, if f is a circle diffeomorphism of class \'C POT. r\', with r greater or equal 3 and with rotation number in that set, then f is at least \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugated to an irrational translation. Moreover, we will show that if ft is a \'C POT. 1\' -path defined on a interval [a;b] over the set of the circle diffeomorphisms orientation preserving, with r \'> or =\' 3, then the set of parameters where \'f IND. t\' is \'C POT. r - 2\' -conjugated to a irrational translation has positive Lebesgue measure, since the rotation numbers of \'f IND. a\' and \'f IND. b\' are distinct

Systeme mit Zeitverzögerung sind dadurch charakterisiert, dass deren zukünftige Entwicklung durch den Zustand zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt nicht eindeutig festgelegt ist. Die Historie des Zustands muss in einem Zeitraum bekannt sein, dessen Länge Totzeit genannt wird und die Gedächtnislänge festlegt. In dieser Arbeit werden fundamentale Effekte untersucht, die sich ergeben, wenn die Totzeit zeitlich variiert wird. Im ersten Teil werden zwei Klassen periodischer Totzeitvariationen eingeführt. Da diese von den dynamischen Eigenschaften einer eindimensionalen iterierten Abbildung abgeleitet werden, die über die Totzeit definiert wird, werden die Klassen entsprechend der zugehörigen Dynamik konservativ oder dissipativ genannt. Systeme mit konservativer Totzeit können in Systeme mit konstanter Totzeit transformiert werden und besitzen gleiche charakteristische Eigenschaften. Dagegen weisen Systeme mit dissipativer Totzeit fundamentale Unterschiede z.B. in der Tangentialraumdynamik auf. Im zweiten Teil werden diese Ergebnisse auf Systeme angewendet, deren Totzeit im Vergleich zur internen Relaxationszeit des Systems groß ist. Es zeigt sich, dass ein durch dissipative Totzeitvariationen induzierter Mechanismus, genannt resonanter Dopplereffekt, unter anderem zu neuen Arten chaotischer Dynamik führt. Diese sind im Vergleich zur bekannten chaotischen Dynamik in Systemen mit konstanter Totzeit sehr niedrig-dimensional. Als Spezialfall wird das so genannte laminare Chaos betrachtet, dessen Zeitreihen durch nahezu konstante Phasen periodischer Dauer gekennzeichnet sind, deren Amplitude chaotisch variiert. Im dritten Teil dieser Arbeit wird auf der Basis experimenteller Daten und durch die Analyse einer nichtlinearen retardierten Langevin-Gleichung gezeigt, dass laminares Chaos robust gegenüber Störungen wie zum Beispiel Rauschen ist und experimentell realisiert werden kann. Es werden Methoden zur Zeitreihenanalyse entwickelt, um laminares Chaos in experimentellen Daten ohne Kenntnis des erzeugenden Systems zu detektieren. Mit diesen Methoden ist selbst dann eine Detektion möglich, wenn das Rauschen so stark ist, dass laminares Chaos mit bloßem Auge nur schwer erkennbar ist.:1. Introduction 2. Dissipative and conservative delays in systems with time-varying delay 3. Laminar Chaos and the resonant Doppler effect 4. Laminar Chaos: a robust phenomenon 5. Summary and concluding remarks A. Appendix / In systems with time-delay, the evolution of a system is not uniquely determined by the state at the current time. The history of the state must be known for a time period of finite duration, where the duration is called delay and determines the memory length of the system. In this work, fundamental effects arising from a temporal variation of the time-delay are investigated. In the first part, two classes of periodically time-varying delays are introduced. They are related to a specific dynamics of a one-dimensional iterated map that is defined by the time-varying delay. Referring to the related map dynamics the classes are called conservative or dissipative. Systems with conservative delay can be transformed into systems with constant delay, and thus have the same characteristic properties as constant delay systems. In contrast, there are fundamental differences, for instance, in the tangent space dynamics, between systems with dissipative delay and systems with constant delay. In the second part, these results are applied to systems with a delay that is considered large compared to the internal relaxation time of the system. It is shown that a mechanism induced by dissipative delays leads to new kinds of regular and chaotic dynamics. The dynamics caused by the so-called resonant Doppler effect is fundamentally different from the behavior known from systems with constant delay. For instance, the chaotic attractors in systems with dissipative delay are very low-dimensional compared to typical ones arising in systems with constant delay. An example of this new kind of low-dimensional dynamics is given by the so-called Laminar Chaos. It is characterized by nearly constant laminar phases of periodic duration, where the amplitude varies chaotically. In the third part of this work, it is shown that Laminar Chaos is a robust phenomenon, which survives perturbations such as noise and can be observed experimentally. Therefore experimental data is provided and a nonlinear delayed Langevin equation is analyzed. Using the robust features that characterize Laminar Chaos, methods for time series analysis are developed, which enable us to detect Laminar Chaos without the knowledge of the specific system that has generated the time series. By these methods Laminar Chaos can be detected even for comparably large noise strengths, where the characteristic properties are nearly invisible to the eye.:1. Introduction 2. Dissipative and conservative delays in systems with time-varying delay 3. Laminar Chaos and the resonant Doppler effect 4. Laminar Chaos: a robust phenomenon 5. Summary and concluding remarks A. Appendix