2501.13909
Synchronizing Dynamical Systems: Finitely Presented Systems and Ruelle Algebras
Robin J. Deeley, Andrew M. Stocker
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- Strong Field
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- Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
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Audit review
The paper’s Theorem 5.6 proves that for a mixing finitely presented system with its minimal u-resolving Smale space extension π, the map π×π is a groupoid isomorphism Gs(X,ϕ,Q) → Glcs(Y,f,P), with the s↔u variant and equivariance, via a careful argument built on Lemmas 5.1, 5.3, and 5.4 and a nontrivial surjectivity step . The candidate solution’s Step 3 hinges on assuming uniform continuity of (π|Xu(Q))−1 on plaques to transfer the lcs property downstairs to stable-equivalence upstairs. The paper explicitly warns this is the obstruction: although (π|Xu(Q))−1 is a homeomorphism, there is no reason it is uniformly continuous; if it were, a simple proof would suffice, but this is precisely what fails in general (see Remark 5.7) . Hence the model’s proof skips a critical technical point that the paper resolves with a different, longer argument. The rest of the model’s outline (disjointness of unstable basins, leafwise bijection/homeomorphism, equivariance, and symmetry) aligns with the framework and definitions used in the paper (e.g., the definition of Glcs on Xu(P) and the role of the minimal u-resolving cover), but the crucial lifting step is unsupported .
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\textbf{Recommendation:} no revision \textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field \textbf{Justification:} The manuscript proves a central structural theorem linking stable groupoids of minimal resolving Smale space covers to stable local conjugacy groupoids for mixing finitely presented systems. The proof is technically careful and addresses the main obstruction (lack of uniform continuity of the inverse leafwise homeomorphism) with a sequence of precise lemmas and iteration arguments. The results have immediate and meaningful C*-algebraic consequences.