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Conformal graph directed Markov systems on Carnot groups

Dynamical Systems 2016-05-05 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We develop a comprehensive theory of conformal graph directed Markov systems in the non-Riemannian setting of Carnot groups equipped with a sub-Riemannian metric. In particular, we develop the thermodynamic formalism and show that, under natural hypotheses, the limit set of an Carnot conformal GDMS has Hausdorff dimension given by Bowen's parameter. We illustrate our results for a variety of examples of both linear and nonlinear iterated function systems and graph directed Markov systems in such sub-Riemannian spaces. These include the Heisenberg continued fractions introduced by Lukyanenko and Vandehey as well as Kleinian and Schottky groups associated to the non-real classical rank one hyperbolic spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1605.01127,
  title  = {Conformal graph directed Markov systems on Carnot groups},
  author = {Vasilis Chousionis and Jeremy T. Tyson and Mariusz Urbański},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.01127},
  year   = {2016}
}
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