Multifractal analysis for multimodal maps

Mike Todd

Published 2008-09-05, updated 2009-11-16Version 3

Given a multimodal interval map $f:I \to I$ and a H\"older potential $\phi:I \to \mathbb{R}$, we study the dimension spectrum for equilibrium states of $\phi$. The main tool here is inducing schemes, used to overcome the presence of critical points. The key issue is to show that enough points are `seen' by a class of inducing schemes. We also compute the Lyapunov spectrum. We obtain the strongest results when $f$ is a Collet-Eckmann map, but our analysis also holds for maps satisfying much weaker growth conditions.