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On the transfer operator for rational functions on the Riemann sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Manfred Denker
Affiliation:
Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Universität Göttingen, Lotzestraβe 13, 37083 Göttingen, Germany
Feliks Przytycki
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Śniadeckich 8, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland
Mariusz Urbański
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Śniadeckich 8, 00-950 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Mathematics, University of North Texas, Denton TX 76203-5116, USA

Abstract

Let T be a rational function of degree ≥ 2 on the Riemann sphere. Our results are based on the lemma that the diameter of a connected component of T−n(B(x, r)), centered at any point x in its Julia set J = J(T), does not exceed Lnrp for some constants L ≥ 1 and ρ > 0. Denote the transfer operator of a Hölder-continuous function φ on J satisfying P(T,φ) > supz∈Jφ(z). We study the behavior of {: n ≥ 1} for Hölder-continuous functions ψ and show that the sequence is (uniformly) normbounded in the space of Hölder-continuous functions for sufficiently small exponent. As a consequence we obtain that the density of the equilibrium measure μ for φ with respect to the -conformal measure is Höolder-continuous. We also prove that the rate of convergence of {ψ to this density in sup-norm is . From this we deduce the corresponding decay of the correlation integral and the central limit theorem for ψ.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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