Ergodic theory of expanding Thurston maps /

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Author / Creator:Li, Zhiqiang, author.
Imprint:[Paris] : Atlantis Press, 2017.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Atlantis studies in dynamical systems ; volume 4
Atlantis series in dynamical systems ; v. 4.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11273133
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ISBN:9789462391741
9462391742
9789462391734
9462391734
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 13, 2017).
Summary:Thurston maps are topological generalizations of postcritically-finite rational maps. This book provides a comprehensive study of ergodic theory of expanding Thurston maps, focusing on the measure of maximal entropy, as well as a more general class of invariant measures, called equilibrium states, and certain weak expansion properties of such maps. In particular, we present equidistribution results for iterated preimages and periodic points with respect to the unique measure of maximal entropy by investigating the number and locations of fixed points. We then use the thermodynamical formalism to establish the existence, uniqueness, and various other properties of the equilibrium state for a Holder continuous potential on the sphere equipped with a visual metric. After studying some weak expansion properties of such maps, we obtain certain large deviation principles for iterated preimages and periodic points under an additional assumption on the critical orbits of the maps. This enables us to obtain general equidistribution results for such points with respect to the equilibrium states under the same assumption.
Other form:Print version: Li, Zhiqiang. Ergodic theory of expanding Thurston maps. [Paris] : Atlantis Press, 2017 9789462391734 9462391734
Standard no.:10.2991/978-94-6239-174-1