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IJMMS 2003:17, 1047–1053 PII. S0161171203208164 © Hindawi Publishing Corp. CLOSED ORBITS OF (G,τ)-EXTENSION OF ERGODIC TORAL AUTOMORPHISMS MOHD. SALMI MD. NOORANI Received 21 August 2002 Let A : T → T be an ergodic automorphism of a finite-dimensional torus T . Also, let G be the set of elements in T with some fixed finite order. Then, G acts on the right of T , and by denoting the restriction of A to G by τ , we have A(xg) = A(x)τ(g) for ˜ ˜ ˜ all x ∈ T and g ∈ G. Now, let A : T → T be the (ergodic) automorphism induced by ˜ ˜ the G-action on T . Let τ be an A-closed orbit (i.e., periodic orbit) and τ an A-closed ˜ ˜ orbit which is a lift of τ . Then, the degree of τ over τ is defined by the integer ˜ ˜ deg (τ/τ) = λ(τ)/λ(τ), where λ( ) denotes the (least) period of the respective closed orbits. Suppose that τ ˜ 1,...,τt is the distinct A-closed orbits that covers τ . Then, deg (τ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ /τ) +···+deg (τ /τ) = |G |. Now, let l = (deg (τ /τ),..., deg (τ /τ)). 1 t 1 t Then, the previous equation implies that the t-tuple l is a partition of the integer ˜ |G | (after reordering if needed). In this case, we say that τ induces the partition l of the integer |G |. Our aim in this paper is to characterize this partition l for which ˜