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Dynamical zeta functions for piecewise monotone maps of the interval

Book information

Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Year
1994
ISBN
0821869914, 9780821869918
LCC
QA614.8 .R837 1994
Open Library ID
OL1083328M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
570 kB (583322 bytes)
Series
CRM monograph series 4
Pages
69\69
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Consider a space $M$, a map $f:M\to M$, and a function $g:M \to {\mathbb C}$. The formal power series $\zeta (z) = \exp \sum ^\infty _{m=1} \frac {z^m}{m} \sum _{x \in \mathrm {Fix}\,f^m} \prod ^{m-1}_{k=0} g (f^kx)$ yields an example of a dynamical zeta function. Such functions have unexpected analytic properties and interesting relations to the theory of dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, and the spectral theory of certain operators (transfer operators). The first part of this monograph presents a general introduction to this subject. The second part is a detailed study of the zeta functions associated with piecewise monotone maps of the interval $[0,1]$. In particular, Ruelle gives a proof of a generalized form of the Baladi-Keller theorem relating the poles of $\zeta (z)$ and the eigenvalues of the transfer operator. He also proves a theorem expressing the largest eigenvalue of the transfer operator in terms of the ergodic properties of $(M,f,g)$.

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