Thierry Giordano, Hiroki Matui, Ian F. Putnam, Christian F. Skau
ERGODIC THEORY AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 28(5) 1509-1531 2008年10月 査読有り
We prove a result about extension of a minimal AF-equivalence relation R on the Cantor set X, the extension being 'small' in the sense that we modify R on a thin closed subset Y of X. We show that the resulting extended equivalence relation S is orbit equivalent to the original R, and so, in particular, S is affable. Even in the simplest case-when Y is a finite set-this result is highly non-trivial. The result itself-called the absorption theorem-is a powerful and crucial tool for the study of the orbit structure of minimal Z(n)-actions on the Cantor set, see Remark 4.8. The absorption theorem is a significant generalization of the main theorem proved in Giordano et al [Affable equivalence relations and orbit structure of Cantor dynamical systems. Ergod. Th. & Dynam. Sys. 24 (2004), 441-475]. However, we shall need a few key results from the above paper in order to prove the absorption theorem.