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Almost topological dynamical systems

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For the notion of finitary isomorphism, which arises in many examples in ergodic theory, we prove some basic theorems about invariants, representations and the central limit theorem in shift spaces.

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Denker, M., Keane, M. Almost topological dynamical systems. Israel J. Math. 34, 139–160 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02761830

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