An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding (Paperback)

1. Shift spaces; 2. Shifts of finite type; 3. Sofic shifts; 4. Entropy; 5. Finite-state codes; 6. Shifts as dynamical systems; 7. Conjugacy; 8. Finite-to-one codes and finite equivalence; 9. Degrees of codes and almost topological conjugacy; 10. Embeddings and factorings; 11. Realization; 12. Equal entropy factors; 13. Guide to advanced topics.