Abstract
Let $G$ be a finitely generated amenable group. We study the space of shifts
on $G$ over a given finite alphabet $A$. We show that the zero entropy shifts
are generic in this space, and that more generally the shifts of entropy $c$
are generic in the space of shifts with entropy at least $c$. The same is shown
to hold for the space of transitive shifts and for the space of weakly mixing
shifts.
As applications of this result, we show that for every entropy value $c ın
0,|A|$ there is a weakly mixing subshift of $A^G$ with entropy $c$. We
also show that the set of strongly irreducible shifts does not form a
$G_\delta$ in the space of shifts, and that all non-trivial, strongly
irreducible shifts are non-isolated points in this space.
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