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Non-ergodicity for C^1 Expanding Maps

chao-dyn 2008-02-03 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the question of existence and uniqueness of absolutely continuous invariant measures for expanding C1C^1 maps of the circle. This is a question which arises naturally from results which are known in the case of expanding CkC^k maps of the circle where k2k\geq 2, or even C1+ϵC^{1+\epsilon} expanding maps of the circle. In these cases, it is known that there exists a unique absolutely continuous invariant probability measure by the so-called `Folklore Theorem'. It follows that this measure is ergodic. It has been shown however that for C1C^1 maps there need not be any such measure. However, this leaves the question of whether there can be more than one such measure for C1C^1 expanding maps of the circle. This is the subject of this paper, and in it, we show that there exists a C1C^1 expanding map of the circle which has more than one absolutely continuous invariant probability measure.

Cite

@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9303018,
  title  = {Non-ergodicity for C^1 Expanding Maps},
  author = {Anthony N. Quas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9303018},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

7 pages, uses MSSYMB (non-essential)

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