56 research outputs found
Chaotic temperature dependence at zero temperature
We present a class of examples of nearest-neighbour, boubded-spin models, in
which the low-temperature Gibbs measures do not converge as the temperature is
lowered to zero, in any dimension
Invariant manifolds and equilibrium states for non-uniformly hyperbolic horseshoes
In this paper we consider horseshoes containing an orbit of homoclinic
tangency accumulated by periodic points. We prove a version of the Invariant
Manifolds Theorem, construct finite Markov partitions and use them to prove the
existence and uniqueness of equilibrium states associated to H\"older
continuous potentials.Comment: 33 pages, 6 figure
Equilibrium states for non-uniformly expanding maps: decay of correlations and strong stability
We study the rate of decay of correlations for equilibrium states associated
to a robust class of non-uniformly expanding maps where no Markov assumption is
required. We show that the Ruelle-Perron-Frobenius operator acting on the space
of Holder continuous observables has a spectral gap and deduce the exponential
decay of correlations and the central limit theorem. In particular, we obtain
an alternative proof for the existence and uniqueness of the equilibrium states
and we prove that the topological pressure varies continuously. Finally, we use
the spectral properties of the transfer operators in space of differentiable
observables to obtain strong stability results under deterministic and random
perturbations.Comment: 29 pages, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare - Analyse non lineaire
(to appear
Flatness is a Criterion for Selection of Maximizing Measures
For a full shift with Np+1 symbols and for a non-positive potential, locally
proportional to the distance to one of N disjoint full shifts with p symbols,
we prove that the equilibrium state converges as the temperature goes to 0. The
main result is that the limit is a convex combination of the two ergodic
measures with maximal entropy among maximizing measures and whose supports are
the two shifts where the potential is the flattest. In particular, this is a
hint to solve the open problem of selection, and this indicates that flatness
is probably a/the criterion for selection as it was conjectured by A.O. Lopes.
As a by product we get convergence of the eigenfunction at the log-scale to a
unique calibrated subaction
Duality Theorems in Ergodic Transport
We analyze several problems of Optimal Transport Theory in the setting of
Ergodic Theory. In a certain class of problems we consider questions in Ergodic
Transport which are generalizations of the ones in Ergodic Optimization.
Another class of problems is the following: suppose is the shift
acting on Bernoulli space , and, consider a fixed
continuous cost function . Denote by the set
of all Borel probabilities on , such that, both its and
marginal are -invariant probabilities. We are interested in the
optimal plan which minimizes among the probabilities on
.
We show, among other things, the analogous Kantorovich Duality Theorem. We
also analyze uniqueness of the optimal plan under generic assumptions on .
We investigate the existence of a dual pair of Lipschitz functions which
realizes the present dual Kantorovich problem under the assumption that the
cost is Lipschitz continuous. For continuous costs the corresponding
results in the Classical Transport Theory and in Ergodic Transport Theory can
be, eventually, different.
We also consider the problem of approximating the optimal plan by
convex combinations of plans such that the support projects in periodic orbits
Substreetutions and more on trees
V2. References to invariant measures on trees added (Kindly given by K. Petersen)We define a notion of substitution on colored binary trees that we call substreetution. We show that a fixed point by a substreetution may be (or not) almost periodic, thus the closure of the orbit under -action may (or not) be minimal. We study one special example: we show that it belongs to the minimal case and that the number of preimages in the minimal set increases just exponentially fast, whereas it could be expected a super-exponential growth. We also give examples of periodic trees without invariant measure on their orbit. We use our construction to get quasi-periodic colored tilings of the hyperbolic disk
La sécurité alimentaire à l'heure du néo-libéralism : 3. Les initiatives de substitution
L'étude de l'approvisionnement vivrier de Brazzaville est révélatrice de l'aptitude de certaines sociétés rurales africaines à répondre efficacement aux fortes demandes urbaines. On remarque ici une atomisation des acteurs du commerce qui permet de couvrir un secteur productif lui-même atomisé. En période de crise, les marges sont ainsi redistribuées à un grand nombre de ménages. Outre le fait de remettre en question certaines analyses alarmistes, cette recherche a permis d'insister sur les formes de structuration d'un secteur vigoureux trop souvent dédaigné, voire perturbé par l'Etat. Ce dernier préfère en effet investir dans des projets, a priori certifiés plus efficaces car plus modernes, plutôt que d'encourager les dynamiques endogènes. (Résumé d'auteur
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