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Dimension spectrum of digit frequency sets for beta-expansions

Dynamical Systems 2026-02-09 v1

Abstract

For any beta-shift (Xβ,σ)(X_\beta,\sigma) on two symbols, i.e., the symbolic coding of the beta-map for 1<β21<\beta\leq2, we give an exact formula for the Hausdorff dimension dimHΛα(t)\dim_{H} \Lambda_{\alpha(t)} as a function of tRt\in\mathbb{R}, where Λα\Lambda_\alpha denotes the frequency set of the digit 11 defined by Λα={(xi)i=1Xβ; limn1ni=1nxi=α}\Lambda_\alpha=\Biggl\{(x_i)_{i=1}^\infty\in X_\beta;\ \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i=\alpha \Biggr\} for α[0,1]\alpha\in[0,1] and α(t)\alpha(t) is an explicit function related to the quasi-greedy expansion of 11. The formula is derived from explicit formulae for eigenfunctions and eigenfunctionals corresponding to the leading eigenvalue λt\lambda_t of the transfer operator Lt\mathcal{L}_t with the potential tχC1t\chi_{C_1} for tRt\in\mathbb{R}, where χC1\chi_{C_{1}} denotes the indicator function of the cylinder set C1={(xi)i=1Xβ;x1=1}C_1=\{(x_i)_{i=1}^\infty\in X_\beta; x_1=1\}. These formulae can be applied not only to the leading eigenvalue but also to the other isolated eigenvalues of Lt\mathcal{L}_t, which yields a precise spectral decomposition of Lt\mathcal{L}_t. As a further application, we investigate the distribution function of the push-forward of the eigenmeasure corresponding to λt\lambda_t by the inverse map of the coding map. We show that the distribution function after a change of variables for tt is equal to the Lebesgue singular function if β=2\beta=2 and satisfies an analogy of the Hata-Yamaguchi formula, which yields a generalization of the Takagi function for beta-expansions with the base 1<β<21<\beta<2.

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@article{arxiv.2602.06368,
  title  = {Dimension spectrum of digit frequency sets for beta-expansions},
  author = {Shintaro Suzuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.06368},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

33pages, no figure

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