Entry times distribution for mixing systems

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Abstract: We consider the return times dynamics to Bowen balls for continuous maps on metric spaces which have invariant probability measures with certain mixing properties. These mixing properties are satisfied for instance by systems that allow Young tower constructions. We show that the higher order return times to Bowen balls are in the limit Poisson distributed. We also provide a general result for the asymptotic behavior of the recurrence time for Bowen balls for ergodic systems and those with specification.


For discrete dynamical systems, it is an interesting problem to understand whether the limiting distribution for higher-order return times to some sets is Poissonian. The authors study the case for which the set is a Bowen ball, where the map is continuous, defined on a compact metric space, has an invariant measure and positive measure theoretic entropy. The two key assumptions are the mixing of the invariant measure, including \(\phi\)-mixing and \(\alpha\)-mixing, and the regularity of the invariant measure. The mixing assumption is closely related to the \(n\)-th join induced by a finite measurable partition (this partition also relates to the cylinders), and the regularity assumption is based on the work of the first author and \textit{Y. Psiloyenis} [Nonlinearity 27, No. 6, 1323--1349 (2014; Zbl 1351.37019)]. The arguments are based on the Chen-Stein method (Stein operator), the properties of the Bowen ball, the approximation of the cylinders, and some elegant analysis.



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