Entropy for compact operators and results on entropy and specification

Abstract

We investigate the topological entropy of operators. More precisely, in the Banach space setting, we show that compact operators have finite entropy, which depends solely on their point spectrum. Moreover, for operators on \(F\)-spaces, we explore the relationship between the specification property and entropy. In particular, we show that the specification property implies infinite topological entropy, while the operator specification property implies positive entropy. We also show that the invariance principle fails for the class of compact operators.