Mean Equicontinuity and Related Properties in Hyperspace and Measure Dynamics

Abstract

For a dynamical system $(X,T)$ we consider the induced dynamical systems $(\myper(X),T)$ and $(\hyper(X),T)$, consisting of Borel probability measures and closed non-empty subsets, respectively. We show that diam-mean equicontinuity of $(X,T)$ is equivalent to the diam-mean equicontinuity of $(\myper(X),T)$. Furthermore, we establish that $(X,T)$ is mean equicontinuous, iff $(\myper(X),T)$ is mean equicontinuous, iff $(\myper(X),T)$ is weakly-mean equicontinuous. For $(\hyper(X),T)$ the situation is different. It is not hard to see that the diam-mean equicontinuity of $(\hyper(X),T)$ implies the diam-mean equicontinuity of $(X,T)$. We provide examples for which $(X,T)$ is diam-mean equicontinuous, while $(\hyper(X),T)$ is not diam-mean equicontinuous. We prove that $(\hyper(X),T)$ is diam-mean equicontinuous, iff $(\hyper(X),T)$ is mean equicontinuous, iff $(\hyper(X),T)$ is weakly-mean equicontinuous. We present our results in the context of continuous surjective maps $T\colon X\to X$ and discuss why they also hold for actions of locally compact $\sigma$-compact amenable groups.