Convergence of moments for Axiom A and nonuniformly hyperbolic flows

Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 32 (2012) 1091-1100

Ian Melbourne and Andrei Török


Abstract

In the paper, we prove convergence of moments of all orders for Axiom A diffeomorphisms and flows. The same results hold for nonuniformly hyperbolic diffeomorphisms and flows modelled by Young towers with superpolynomial tails. For polynomial tails, we prove convergence of moments up to a certain order, and give examples where moments diverge when this order is exceeded.

Nonuniformly hyperbolic systems covered by our result include Hénon-like attractors, Lorenz attractors, semidispersing billiards, finite horizon planar periodic Lorentz gases, and Pomeau-Manneville intermittency maps.


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