Beyond Bowen's Specification Property
Abstract
A classical result in thermodynamic formalism is that for uniformly hyperbolic systems, every H\"older continuous potential has a unique equilibrium state. One proof of this fact is due to Rufus Bowen and uses the fact that such systems satisfy expansivity and specification properties. In these notes, we survey recent progress that uses generalizations of these properties to extend Bowen's arguments beyond uniform hyperbolicity, including applications to partially hyperbolic systems and geodesic flows beyond negative curvature. We include a new criterion for uniqueness of equilibrium states for partially hyperbolic systems with 1-dimensional center.
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@article{arxiv.2009.09256,
title = {Beyond Bowen's Specification Property},
author = {Vaughn Climenhaga and Daniel J. Thompson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.09256},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Survey paper. v2: 73 pages. To appear in Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics Series, CIRM Jean-Morlet Chair Subseries (Fall 2019 Semester)