On the Regularity of the Dimension of Cookie-Cutter-Like Sets

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Main Authors: Kleptsyn, Victor, Luna, Alexandro
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author Kleptsyn, Victor
Luna, Alexandro
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Luna, Alexandro
contents We study the Hausdorff and box-counting dimensions of cookie-cutter-like sets formed by sequential dynamics of a finite number of expanding maps. Under some natural conditions, these dimensions turn out to be the minimum and maximum of the corresponding dimensions of the cookie-cutter sets generated by the individual expanding maps. In the case of one-parameter families of such systems, this provides a simple mechanism for producing non-differentiable fractal dimensions as functions of the parameter. This supports a conjecture that the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum of a Sturmian Hamiltonian, in general, does not have to be differentiable as a function of the coupling constant. This is in drastic contrast to the analytic dependence of the dimensions of such spectra with quadratic irrational frequencies, e.g. the Fibonacci Hamiltonian, previously shown by M. Pollicott.
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spellingShingle On the Regularity of the Dimension of Cookie-Cutter-Like Sets
Kleptsyn, Victor
Luna, Alexandro
Dynamical Systems
Spectral Theory
37C45, 37D35, 28A80, 37F35
We study the Hausdorff and box-counting dimensions of cookie-cutter-like sets formed by sequential dynamics of a finite number of expanding maps. Under some natural conditions, these dimensions turn out to be the minimum and maximum of the corresponding dimensions of the cookie-cutter sets generated by the individual expanding maps. In the case of one-parameter families of such systems, this provides a simple mechanism for producing non-differentiable fractal dimensions as functions of the parameter. This supports a conjecture that the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum of a Sturmian Hamiltonian, in general, does not have to be differentiable as a function of the coupling constant. This is in drastic contrast to the analytic dependence of the dimensions of such spectra with quadratic irrational frequencies, e.g. the Fibonacci Hamiltonian, previously shown by M. Pollicott.
title On the Regularity of the Dimension of Cookie-Cutter-Like Sets
topic Dynamical Systems
Spectral Theory
37C45, 37D35, 28A80, 37F35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07557