Li–Yorke and distributional chaos for weighted shifts on directed trees
Chol San Kim
Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaHyon Hui Ju
Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaJun Hyok Choe
Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaJin Myong Kim
Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Abstract
We study Li–Yorke and distributional chaos for weighted shifts on directed trees. We give a complete characterization of Li–Yorke chaotic weighted shifts on rooted directed trees. Also we show some sufficient conditions for distributional chaos of these operators. Our results generalize the previous results on Li–Yorke and distributionally chaotic unilateral and bilateral weighted shifts. It also has relations with some papers in which other important dynamical properties were investigated for weighted shifts on trees.
Cite this article
Chol San Kim, Hyon Hui Ju, Jun Hyok Choe, Jin Myong Kim, Li–Yorke and distributional chaos for weighted shifts on directed trees. Port. Math. (2026), published online first
DOI 10.4171/PM/2161