An approximation of Hausdorff dimensions of generalized cookie-cutter Cantor sets (Q1378308)

By using thermodynamic formalism, a method of approximation of the Hausdorff dimension of generalized cookie-cutter Cantor sets is given. A generalized cookie-cutter Cantor set \(C(f)\) of the interval \(I=[0,1]\), whose prototype is the standard middle-third Cantor set, is defined to be a certain closed invariant set of a generalized cookie-cutter map \(f\). The method is applied to approximate the Hausdorff dimension of a cookie-cutter set \(C(f_a)\) given by a logistic map \(f_a(x)=ax(1-x)\) for \(a>2+\sqrt 5\).