# we-solve research prompt: Math-1939, Pingree open problems — Boyle problem 1

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/pingree-open-problems-boyle-problem-1/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 4400007; source catalogue code AMR-043-0007
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\section*{Pingree open problems — Boyle problem 1}\label{4400007}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 4400007 · AMR-043-0007 · Dynamical Systems · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
A two-sided subshift is a closed subset $X\subset A^{\mathbb Z}$, for a
finite discrete alphabet $A$, invariant under the homeomorphism
$(\sigma x)_j=x_{j+1}$ and its inverse. The topology is the product topology.
It is a shift of finite type (SFT) if a finite list of forbidden finite words
defines $X$. It is mixing if for any nonempty relatively open $U,V\subset X$
there is $N$ such that $\sigma^n(U)\cap V\ne\varnothing$ for every $n\ge N$.

Two such systems $(X,\sigma)$ and $(Y,\tau)$ are topologically orbit equivalent
if there is a homeomorphism $H:X\to Y$ satisfying
\[
 H(\{\sigma^n x:n\in\mathbb Z\})
   =\{\tau^n H(x):n\in\mathbb Z\}\qquad(x\in X).
\]
No requirement that $H\sigma=\tau H$ is imposed, and the integers relating
successive images need not form a continuous cocycle. The target is a
classification of mixing SFTs under this equivalence: give a complete set of
invariants, or necessary and sufficient conditions on their finite graph
presentations, for such an $H$ to exist.

An orbit homeomorphism preserves the cardinality of every finite orbit;
therefore equal numbers of periodic orbits of each length are necessary.
The classification must account for infinite orbits and their accumulation
as well. In particular, merely matching finite orbit counts does not by
itself provide the required homeomorphism of the compact spaces.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Classify mixing shifts defined by finitely many local rules when a homeomorphism is allowed to rearrange time along each orbit.
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 4400007 (AMR-043-0007), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open problems from the 3rd Pingree Workshop on Dynamical Systems. (2010), Mike Boyle, Problem 1. Original source indexed by AMR-043-0007.
\url{https://math.huji.ac.il/~mhochman/open-problems/pingree-open-problems.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-043-0007

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-4400007
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)