The dynamical approach to the conjugacy in groups

Abstract

Given a discrete group $G$, we identify the Stone-$\check C$ech compactification $\beta G$ with the set of all ultrafilters on $G$ and put $G^\ast =\beta G\setminus G$. The action $G$ on $G$ by the conjugations $(g,x)\mapsto g^{-1}xg$ induces the action of $G$ on $G^\ast$ by $(g, p)\mapsto p^g $, $p^g = \{ g^{-1} Pg: P\in p\}$. We study interplays between the algebraic properties of $G$ and the dynamical properties of $(G, G^\ast)$. In particular, we show that $p^G$ is finite for each $p\in G^\ast$ if and only if the commutant of $G$ is finite.