| Abstract: | We consider the set ?? of nonhomogeneous Markov fields on T = N or T = Z with finite state spaces En, n ? T , with fixed local characteristics. For T = N we show that ?? has at most \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \mathop N\nolimits_\infty = \mathop {\lim \inf}\limits_{n \to \infty} \left| {\mathop E\nolimits_n} \right| $\end{document} phases. If T = Z , ?? has at most N-∞ · N∞; phases, where \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \mathop N\nolimits_{-\infty} = \mathop {\lim \inf}\limits_{n \to -\infty} \left| {\mathop E\nolimits_n} \right| $\end{document} . We give examples, that for T = N for any number k, 1 ≦ k ≦ N∞, there are local characteristics with k phases, whereas for T = Z every number l · k, 1 ≦ l ≦ N-∞, 1 ≦ k ≦ N∞ occurs. We describe the inner structure of ??, the behaviour at infinity and the connection between the one-sided and the two-sided tail-fields. Simple examples of Markov fields which are no Markov processes are given. |
