Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:12:23 BST CiteULike: AbnerCYH's Kitchens http://www.citeulike.org/user/AbnerCYH/author/Kitchens CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/AbnerCYH/article/2175394 <i>(14 November 1997)</i><br /><br />This is a thorough introduction to the dynamics of one-sided and two-sided Markov shifts on a finite alphabet and to the basic properties of Markov shifts on a countable alphabet. These are the symbolic dynamical systems defined by a finite transition rule. The basic properties of these systems are established using elementary methods. The connections to other types of dynamical systems, cellular automata and information theory are illustrated with numerous examples. The book is written for graduate students and others who use symbolic dynamics as a tool to study more general systems. Symbolic Dynamics: One-Sided, Two-Sided and Countable State Markov Shifts (Universitext) Bruce Kitchens (14 November 1997) 2007-12-27T17:08:57-00:00 1997 Springer dynamics math