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This self-contained monograph presents a unified exposition of the thermodynamic formalism and some of its main extensions, with emphasis on the relation to dimension theory and multifractal analysis of dynamical systems. In particular, the book considers three different flavors of the thermodynamic formalism, namely nonadditive, subadditive, and almost additive, and provides a detailed discussion of some of the most significant results in the area, some of them quite recent. It also includes a discussion of the most substantial applications of these flavors of the thermodynamic formalism to dimension theory and multifractal analysis of dynamical systems.
List of contents
Preface.- 1 Introduction.- I Classical Thermodynamic Formalism.- 2 Thermodynamic Formalism: Basic Notions.- 3 The Case of Symbolic Dynamics.- II Nonadditive Thermodynamic Formalism.- 4 Nonadditive Thermodynamic Formalism.- 5 Dimension Estimates for Repellers.- 6 Dimension Estimates for Hyperbolic Sets.- III Subadditive Thermodynamic Formalism.- 7 Asymptotically Subadditive Sequences.- 8 Limit Sets of Geometric Constructions.- 9 Entropy Spectra.- IV Almost Additive Thermodynamic Formalism.- 10 Almost Additive Sequences.- 11 Nonconformal Repellers.- 12 Multifractal Analysis.- Bibliography.
About the author
Luis Barreira is a Full Professor of Mathematics at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon and a member of the Center for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamical Systems. He obtained his PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in 1996. In 2007 he has been awarded the Gulbenkian Science Prize.
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This self-contained monograph presents a unified exposition of the thermodynamic formalism and some of its main extensions, with emphasis on the relation to dimension theory and multifractal analysis of dynamical systems. In particular, the book considers three different flavors of the thermodynamic formalism, namely nonadditive, subadditive, and almost additive, and provides a detailed discussion of some of the most significant results in the area, some of them quite recent. It also includes a discussion of the most substantial applications of these flavors of the thermodynamic formalism to dimension theory and multifractal analysis of dynamical systems.
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“This book gives a detailed account of the connection between two areas of dynamical systems, the thermodynamic formalism and dimension theory in dynamical systems. … The book is probably best read by someone already familiar with the basics of ergodic theory, dynamical systems, and the Hausdorff dimension … . the book gives the reader a good grounding in both thermodynamical formalism and applying the thermodynamic formalism to prove results in the dimension theory of dynamical systems.” (Thomas Michael Jordan, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2014)
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From the reviews:
"This book gives a detailed account of the connection between two areas of dynamical systems, the thermodynamic formalism and dimension theory in dynamical systems. ... The book is probably best read by someone already familiar with the basics of ergodic theory, dynamical systems, and the Hausdorff dimension ... . the book gives the reader a good grounding in both thermodynamical formalism and applying the thermodynamic formalism to prove results in the dimension theory of dynamical systems." (Thomas Michael Jordan, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2014)
