Dimension of Furstenberg measures on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$

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Main Authors: Rapaport, Ariel, Ren, Haojie
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author Rapaport, Ariel
Ren, Haojie
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Ren, Haojie
contents Let $θ$ be a finitely supported probability measure on $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$, and suppose that the semigroup generated by $\mathcal{G}:=\mathrm{supp}(θ)$ is strongly irreducible and proximal. Let $μ$ denote the Furstenberg measure on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ associated to $θ$. Assume further that no generalized circle is fixed by all Möbius transformations corresponding to elements of $\mathcal{G}$, and that $\mathcal{G}$ satisfies a mild Diophantine condition. Under these assumptions, we prove that $\dimμ=\min\left\{ 2,h_{\mathrm{RW}}/\left(2χ\right)\right\} $, where $h_{\mathrm{RW}}$ and $χ$ denote the random walk entropy and Lyapunov exponent associated to $θ$, respectively. Since our result expresses $\dimμ$ in terms of the random walk entropy rather than the Furstenberg entropy, and relies only on a mild Diophantine condition as a separation assumption, we are forced to directly confront difficulties arising from the ambient space $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ having real dimension $2$ rather than $1$. Moreover, our analysis takes place in a projective, contracting-on-average setting. This combination of features introduces significant challenges and requires genuinely new ideas.
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spellingShingle Dimension of Furstenberg measures on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$
Rapaport, Ariel
Ren, Haojie
Dynamical Systems
28A80, 37C45
Let $θ$ be a finitely supported probability measure on $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$, and suppose that the semigroup generated by $\mathcal{G}:=\mathrm{supp}(θ)$ is strongly irreducible and proximal. Let $μ$ denote the Furstenberg measure on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ associated to $θ$. Assume further that no generalized circle is fixed by all Möbius transformations corresponding to elements of $\mathcal{G}$, and that $\mathcal{G}$ satisfies a mild Diophantine condition. Under these assumptions, we prove that $\dimμ=\min\left\{ 2,h_{\mathrm{RW}}/\left(2χ\right)\right\} $, where $h_{\mathrm{RW}}$ and $χ$ denote the random walk entropy and Lyapunov exponent associated to $θ$, respectively. Since our result expresses $\dimμ$ in terms of the random walk entropy rather than the Furstenberg entropy, and relies only on a mild Diophantine condition as a separation assumption, we are forced to directly confront difficulties arising from the ambient space $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ having real dimension $2$ rather than $1$. Moreover, our analysis takes place in a projective, contracting-on-average setting. This combination of features introduces significant challenges and requires genuinely new ideas.
title Dimension of Furstenberg measures on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$
topic Dynamical Systems
28A80, 37C45
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00729