Measures with maximum total exponent and generic properties of \(C^1\) expanding maps (Q2446425)

Let \(M\) be a \(C^\infty\) closed manifold, and let \(C^r(M)\) be the space of \(C^r\)-maps of \(M\) endowed with the \(C^r\)-topology \((r \geq 1)\). In this paper, the authors prove that \(C^1\)-generically, every expanding map in \(C^1(M)\) has a unique invariant Borel probability measure of maximum total exponent which is fully supported and of zero entropy. Moreover, the authors show that for \(r \geq 2\), \(C^r\)-generically, every expanding map in \(C^r(M)\) does not have a fully supported measure of maximum total exponent. This generalizes the results obtained in [\textit{O. Jenkinson} and \textit{I. D. Morris}, Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 28, No. 6, 1849--1860 (2008; Zbl 1213.37067)] on the unit circle \(S^1\).