Dynamics of Foliations, Groups and Pseudogroups (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2004)

This book deals with the dynamics of general systems such as foliations, groups and pseudogroups, systems which are closely related via the notion of holonomy. Since ``dynamics'' is a very extensive term, we focus on some of its aspects only. Roughly speaking, we concentrate on notions and results related to different ways of measuring complexity of the systems under consideration. More precisely, we deal with different types of growth, entropies and dimensions of limiting objects. Throughout the book, the reader will find a good number of inspirating problems related to the topics covered.