SRB measures of certain almost hyperbolic diffeomorphisms with a tangency (Q1864089)

The authors consider \(C^3\)-diffeomorphisms on the torus which are obtained from Anosov diffeomorphisms by, roughly speaking, pushing the stable and unstable eigenvalues at its fixed point by an isotopy so that the stable and unstable manifolds are tangent at this point. It is shown that under generic conditions such diffeomorphisms are \(C^0\)-conjugate to Anosov maps. Under an additional codimension-one hypothesis, these maps are shown to have a Sinai-Bowen-Ruelle invariant measure \(\mu\) with non-zero Lyapunov exponent \(\mu\)-a.e and Lebesgue a.e., whose basin of attraction has full Lebesgue measure. In particular, they have a unique ergodic attractor.