Spacetime dynamical entropy of quantum systems

The definition of the dynamical entropy for single automorphisms of nuclear C ^*-algebras is extended to groups of several commuting automorphisms. This entropy of a Z ^v-action is shown to be nonzero only if all the corresponding Z -subactions (0<<v) have infinite entropy. As a simple consequence, the spacetime entropy of quantum lattice spin systems, and of one-dimensional continuous systems with physically reasonable quasifree states, vanishes.