Multifractal analysis of non-uniformly hyperbolic systems (Q611024)

The authors look at the multifractal analysis of some non-uniformly hyperbolic maps. In particular, they look at the problem for the Birkhoff averages of continuous functions. This type of problem is well understood in the hyperbolic case. However, in the non-uniformly hyperbolic case much less is known. The results known so far concerning Hausdorff dimension of such spectra are limited to Lyapunov spectra and local dimension of Gibbs' measures. Furthermore, the methods cannot be applied to Birkhoff averages for general continuous functions. In the case of general continuous functions there are results for topological entropy, but not for Hausdorff dimension. Finally, there is work for local dimensions for countable state systems, which can be related to parabolic systems through inducing schemes. In this paper under review, the authors produce results for the Hausdorff dimension which extend some of the results of [\textit{L. Olsen}, J. Math. Pures Appl. IX. Ser. 82, No. 12, 1591--1649 (2003; Zbl 1035.37025)] into the non-uniformly hyperbolic setting, which includes interval examples such as the Manneville-Pomeau map. The novelty in this work is that the authors can analyze certain non-uniformly hyperbolic systems. Moreover, their methods do not involve either thermodynamic formalism or the use of large deviation theory.