Differentiability and analyticity of topological entropy for Anosov and geodesic flows (Q915233)

Let M be a closed manifold and let \(\{\phi^ t_{\lambda}\}\) be a \(C^ k\)-class one-parameter family of flows on M, \(k=2,3,...,\infty,\omega\) \((C^{\omega}\) means real analytic). Assume that \(\phi^ t_ 0\) is a \(C^ k\)-class Anosov flow. If \(\epsilon >0\) is sufficiently small, then the map \((-\epsilon,\epsilon)\ni \lambda \to h_{top}(\phi^ 1_{\lambda})\in {\mathbb{R}},\) where \(h_{top}\) denotes the topological entropy, is of \(C^{k-1}\)-class. The techniques used in the proof can be also also applied in the case, when the entropy is replaced by the pressure or the Gibbs state relative to some smooth function \(M\to {\mathbb{R}}\).