Ergodic properties of a parameterised family of symmetric golden maps: the matching phenomenon revisited

arXiv2301.08623MaRDI QIDQ6423949FDOQ6423949

Authors: K. Dajani, Slade Sanderson 

Publication date: 20 January 2023

Abstract: We study a one-parameter family of interval maps $$, with $$ the golden mean, defined on $[-1,1]$ by $$ where $tin-1,0,1$. For each $T_{a}lpha,alpha>1$, we construct its unique, absolutely continuous invariant measure and show that on an open, dense subset of parameters $alpha$, the corresponding density is a step function with finitely many jumps. We give an explicit description of the maximal intervals of parameters on which the density has at most the same number of jumps. A main tool in our analysis is the phenomenon of matching, where the orbits of the left and right limits of discontinuity points meet after a finite number of steps. Each $T_{a}lpha$ generates signed expansions of numbers in base $$; via Birkhoff's ergodic theorem, the invariant measures are used to determine the asymptotic relative frequencies of digits in generic $T_{a}lpha$-expansions. In particular, the frequency of $0$ is shown to vary continuously as a function of $alpha$ and to attain its maximum $3/4$ on the maximal interval $$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measure-preserving transformations (28D05) Dynamical aspects of measure-preserving transformations (37A05) Dynamical systems involving maps of the interval (37E05)

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