+Let $f:\mathcal{X} \longrightarrow \mathcal{X}$ be a continuous map on
+a compact metric space $(\mathcal{X},d)$. For each natural
+number $n$, a new metric $d_n$ is defined on $\mathcal{X}$ by
+$$d_n(x,y)=\max\{d(f^i(x),f^i(y)): 0\leq i<n\}.$$
+
+Given any $\varepsilon >0$ and $n \geqslant 1$, two points of
+$\mathcal{X}$ are $\varepsilon$-close with respect to
+this metric if their first $n$ iterates are $\varepsilon$-close. This
+metric allows one to distinguish in a neighborhood of an orbit the
+points that move away from each other during the iteration from the
+points that travel together.
+
+A subset $E$ of $\mathcal{X}$ is said to be $(n,\varepsilon)$-separated
+if each pair of distinct points of $E$ is at least $\varepsilon$ apart
+in the metric $d_n$. Denote by $N(n, \varepsilon)$ the
+maximum cardinality of a $(n,\varepsilon)$-separated set.
+$N(n, \varepsilon)$ represents the number of distinguishable orbit
+segments of length $n$, assuming that we cannot distinguish points
+within $\varepsilon$ of one another.
+
+\begin{definition}
+The topological
+entropy of the map $f$ is defined by
+$$h(f)=\lim_{\epsilon\to 0} \left(\limsup_{n\to \infty} \frac{1}{n}
+\log N(n,\epsilon)\right).$$
+\end{definition}