# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

October  2012, 6(4): 427-449. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2012.6.427

## Weak mixing suspension flows over shifts of finite type are universal

 1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3060 STN CSC, Victoria, B.C., V8W 3R4 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, PO BOX 3060 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3R4, Canada

Received  October 2011 Revised  July 2012 Published  January 2013

Let $S$ be an ergodic measure-preserving automorphism on a nonatomic probability space, and let $T$ be the time-one map of a topologically weak mixing suspension flow over an irreducible subshift of finite type under a Hölder ceiling function. We show that if the measure-theoretic entropy of $S$ is strictly less than the topological entropy of $T$, then there exists an embedding of the measure-preserving automorphism into the suspension flow. As a corollary of this result and the symbolic dynamics for geodesic flows on compact surfaces of negative curvature developed by Bowen [5] and Ratner [31], we also obtain an embedding of the measure-preserving automorphism into a geodesic flow whenever the measure-theoretic entropy of $S$ is strictly less than the topological entropy of the time-one map of the geodesic flow.
Citation: Anthony Quas, Terry Soo. Weak mixing suspension flows over shifts of finite type are universal. Journal of Modern Dynamics, 2012, 6 (4) : 427-449. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2012.6.427
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