Operator-theoretic Identification of Closed Sub-systems of Dynamical Systems

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  • Oliver Pfante Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstrasse 22, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Author
  • Nihat Ay Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstrasse 22, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Leipzig University, PF 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Germany Author

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https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2015.03.007

Abstract

A central problem of dynamical systems theory is to identify a reduced description of the dynamical process one can deal easier. In this paper we present a systematic method of identifying those closed sub-systems of a given discrete time dynamical system in the frame of operator theory. It is shown that this problem is closely related to finding invariant sigma algebras of the dynamics.

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Pfante, O., & Ay, N. (2026). Operator-theoretic Identification of Closed Sub-systems of Dynamical Systems. Discontinuity, Nonlinearity, and Complexity, 4(1), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2015.03.007