Overlap functions for measures in conformal iterated function systems

Abstract: We study conformal iterated function systems (IFS)

m a t h c a l S = {p h i_{i}}_{i i n I}

with arbitrary overlaps, and measures

m u

on limit sets

L a m b d a

, which are projections of equilibrium measures

h a t m u

with respect to a certain lift map

P h i

on

S i g m a_{I}^{+} i m e s L a m b d a

. No type of Open Set Condition is assumed. We introduce a notion of overlap function and overlap number for such a measure

h a t m u

with respect to

m a t h c a l S

; and, in particular a notion of (topological) overlap number

o (m a t h c a l S)

. These notions take in consideration the

n

-chains between points in the limit set. We prove that

o (m a t h c a l S, h a t m u)

is related to a conditional entropy of

h a t m u

with respect to the lift

P h i

. Various types of projections to

L a m b d a

of invariant measures are studied. We obtain upper estimates for the Hausdorff dimension

H D (m u)

of

m u

on

L a m b d a

, by using pressure functions and

o (m a t h c a l S, h a t m u)

. In particular, this applies to projections of Bernoulli measures on

S i g m a_{I}^{+}

. Next, we apply the results to Bernoulli convolutions

u_{l} a m b d a

for

l a m b d a i n (f r a c 12, 1)

, which correspond to self-similar measures determined by composing, with equal probabilities, the contractions of an IFS with overlaps

m a t h c a l S_{l} a m b d a

. We prove that for all

l a m b d a i n (f r a c 12, 1)

, there exists a relation between

H D (u_{l} a m b d a)

and the overlap number

o (m a t h c a l S_{l} a m b d a)

. The number

o (m a t h c a l S_{l} a m b d a)

is approximated with integrals on

S i g m a_{2}^{+}

with respect to the uniform Bernoulli measure

u_{(f r a c 12, f r a c 12)}

. We also estimate

o (m a t h c a l S_{l} a m b d a)

for certain values of

l a m b d a

.

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