Invariant finite Borel measures for rational functions on the Riemann sphere (Q1900617)

To study finite Borel measures on the Riemann sphere invariant under a rational function \(R\) of degree greater than one, we decompose them in an \(R\)-invariant component measure supported on the Julia set and a finite number of mutually singular \(R\)-invariant component measures vanishing on the Julia set. The latter ones can be described easily. For a characterization of the former one, we use a general approach based on a weight function for \(R\) on the Riemann sphere. We investigate the relation between weight functions for \(R\) and \(R\)-invariant Borel probability measures on the Riemann sphere in both directions and discuss how such a measure can be constructed, given a weight function for \(R\).