{ "id": "1004.3441", "version": "v2", "published": "2010-04-20T13:17:33.000Z", "updated": "2010-08-24T12:28:04.000Z", "title": "Dominated Splitting and Pesin's Entropy Formula", "authors": [ "Wenxiang Sun", "Xueting Tian" ], "journal": "Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems-A vol. 32-4 April 2012; 1421-1434", "doi": "10.3934/dcds.2012.32.1421", "categories": [ "math.DS", "math-ph", "math.MP", "math.ST", "physics.data-an", "stat.TH" ], "abstract": "Let $M$ be a compact manifold and $f:\\,M\\to M$ be a $C^1$ diffeomorphism on $M$. If $\\mu$ is an $f$-invariant probability measure which is absolutely continuous relative to Lebesgue measure and for $\\mu$ $a.\\,\\,e.\\,\\,x\\in M,$ there is a dominated splitting $T_{orb(x)}M=E\\oplus F$ on its orbit $orb(x)$, then we give an estimation through Lyapunov characteristic exponents from below in Pesin's entropy formula, i.e., the metric entropy $h_\\mu(f)$ satisfies $$h_{\\mu}(f)\\geq\\int \\chi(x)d\\mu,$$ where $\\chi(x)=\\sum_{i=1}^{dim\\,F(x)}\\lambda_i(x)$ and $\\lambda_1(x)\\geq\\lambda_2(x)\\geq...\\geq\\lambda_{dim\\,M}(x)$ are the Lyapunov exponents at $x$ with respect to $\\mu.$ Consequently, by using a dichotomy for generic volume-preserving diffeomorphism we show that Pesin's entropy formula holds for generic volume-preserving diffeomorphisms, which generalizes a result of Tahzibi in dimension 2.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2010-08-24T12:28:04.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "37A05", "37A05", "37A35", "37D25", "37D30" ], "keywords": [ "dominated splitting", "generic volume-preserving diffeomorphism", "pesins entropy formula holds", "invariant probability measure", "lyapunov characteristic exponents" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2010arXiv1004.3441S" } } }