# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

July  2013, 7(3): 461-488. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2013.7.461

## Ergodic properties of $k$-free integers in number fields

 1 Department of Mathematics, Altgeld Hall, 1409 W Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States 2 School of Mathematics, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TW, United Kingdom

Received  March 2013 Revised  September 2013 Published  December 2013

Let $K/\mathbf{Q}$ be a degree-$d$ extension. Inside the ring of integers $\mathscr O_K$ we define the set of $k$-free integers $\mathscr F_k$ and a natural $\mathscr O_K$-action on the space of binary $\mathscr O_K$-indexed sequences, equipped with an $\mathscr O_K$-invariant probability measure associated to $\mathscr F_k$. We prove that this action is ergodic, has pure point spectrum, and is isomorphic to a $\mathbf Z^d$-action on a compact abelian group. In particular, it is not weakly mixing and has zero measure-theoretical entropy. This work generalizes the work of Cellarosi and Sinai [J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS) 15 (2013), no. 4, 1343--1374] that considered the case $K=\mathbf{Q}$ and $k=2$.
Citation: Francesco Cellarosi, Ilya Vinogradov. Ergodic properties of $k$-free integers in number fields. Journal of Modern Dynamics, 2013, 7 (3) : 461-488. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2013.7.461
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