Invariant measures for Chebyshev maps (Q5952368)

It is known that the function \(T_n(x)= \cos(n\operatorname {arccos} x)\), \(-1\leq x\leq 1\), \(n=0,1,2,\dots\), defines the \(n\)th Chebyshev polynomial, which is a solution of the differential equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINE(1-x^2)y''- xy'+ n^2y=0. NEWLINE\]NEWLINE This note deals with the family of Chebyshev maps \(T_\lambda(x)= \cos(\lambda \operatorname {arccos} x)\), \(x\in [-1,1]\), where \(\lambda>1\) is not an integer. The main result of this note characterizes a set of \(\lambda\)'s, not integers, for which the unique absolutely continuous measure invariant under \(T_\lambda\) can be determined exactly.