Lyapunov spectrum for multimodal maps (Q2828030)

The authors study the dimension spectrum of Lyapunov exponents for multimodal maps. More precisely, let \(f\) be a smooth map on a finite union of closed intervals such that \(f\) has finitely many critical points and all of them are non-flat. Let \(\underline{\chi}(x)\) and \(\overline{\chi}(x)\) be the lower and upper Lyapunov exponents of \(f\) at a point \(x\), and \(\chi(x)\) be the Lyapunov exponent if \(\underline{\chi}(x)=\overline{\chi}(x)\). For any \(\alpha<\beta\), let \(\mathcal{L}(\alpha,\beta)\) be the set of points with \(\underline{\chi}(x)=\alpha\) and \(\overline{\chi}(x)=\beta\), and \(\mathcal{L}(\alpha)\) be the set of points with \(\chi(x)=\alpha\). These sets are disjoint, and are usually fractal-like. One way to characterize the fractal property of these dynamically defined sets is to study their Hausdorff dimensions \(\dim_H\mathcal{L}(\alpha,\beta)\) and \(\dim_H\mathcal{L}(\alpha)\). Under some natural conditions of the multimodal map \(f\), the authors provide several estimates of the Hausdorff dimensions \(\dim_H\mathcal{L}(\alpha,\beta)\) and \(\dim_H\mathcal{L}(\alpha)\) in terms of the (Legendre-like transform of) topological pressure function of \(f\).