Open AccessOn Thurston’s core entropy algorithm
Author(s) -
Yan Gao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transactions of the american mathematical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.798
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1088-6850
pISSN - 0002-9947
DOI - 10.1090/tran/7122
Subject(s) - mathematics , topological entropy , computation , entropy (arrow of time) , discrete mathematics , pure mathematics , combinatorics , algorithm , physics , quantum mechanics
The core entropy of polynomials, recently introduced by W. Thurston, is a dynamical invariant extending topological entropy for real maps to complex polynomials, whence providing a new tool to study the parameter space of polynomials. The base is a combinatorial algorithm allowing for the computation of the core entropy given by Thurston but without supplying a proof. In this paper, we will describe his algorithm and prove its validity.