ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Cohomology groups, multipliers and factors in ergodic theory

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nicholas Copernicus University, Chopina 12/18, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Abstract

The problem of compact factors in ergodic theory and its relationship with the problem of extending a cocycle to a cocycle of a larger action are studied.

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Pages:
275-288
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-12-11
Accepted
1996-08-28
Published
1997
Exact and natural sciences