Almost Periodic Points and Quasifactors in Dynamical Systems

Watch a 50-minute lecture from the Simons Semester on Dynamics where Professor Anima Nagar from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi explores the relationship between almost periodic points and quasifactors in dynamical systems. Discover how almost periodic points are characterized by syndetic return times and learn why every point in a minimal system exhibits almost periodic behavior. Explore the connection between minimal systems and orbit closures of almost periodic points, then delve into how a flow (X, T) induces the flow (2^X, T). Examine the structure of quasifactors as minimal subsystems of (2^X, T) and understand their properties as orbit closures of almost periodic points within the induced flow system.