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In this paper, we consider certain partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms with center of arbitrary dimension and obtain continuity properties of the topological entropy under $C^1$ perturbations. The systems considered have subexponential growth in the center direction and uniform exponential growth along the unstable foliation. Our result applies to partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms which are Lyapunov stable in the center direction. It applies to another important class of systems which do have subexponential growth in the center direction, for which we develop a technique to use exponential mixing property of the systems to get uniform distribution of unstable manifolds. A primary example is the translations on homogenous spaces which may have center of arbitrary dimension and of polynomial orbit growth.
Let $f$ be a partially hyperbolic diffeomorphism on a closed (i.e., compact and boundaryless) Riemannian manifold $M$ with a uniformly compact center foliation $mathcal{W}^{c}$. The relationship among topological entropy $h(f)$, entropy of the restriction of $f$ on the center foliation $h(f, mathcal{W}^{c})$ and the growth rate of periodic center leaves $p^{c}(f)$ is investigated. It is first shown that if a compact locally maximal invariant center set $Lambda$ is center topologically mixing then $f|_{Lambda}$ has the center specification property, i.e., any specification with a large spacing can be center shadowed by a periodic center leaf with a fine precision. Applying the center spectral decomposition and the center specification property, we show that $ h(f)leq h(f,mathcal{W}^{c})+p^{c}(f)$. Moreover, if the center foliation $mathcal{W}^{c}$ is of dimension one, we obtain an equality $h(f)= p^{c}(f)$.
We consider a hyperbolic automorphism $Acolonmathbb T^3tomathbb T^3$ of the 3-torus whose 2-dimensional unstable distribution splits into weak and strong unstable subbundles. We unfold $A$ into two one-parameter families of Anosov diffeomorphisms --- a conservative family and a dissipative one. For diffeomorphisms in these families we numerically calculate the strong unstable manifold of the fixed point. Our calculations strongly suggest that the strong unstable manifold is dense in $mathbb T^3$. Further, we calculate push-forwards of the Lebesgue measure on a local strong unstable manifold. These numeric data indicate that the sequence of push-forwards converges to the SRB measure.
Let $f$ be a partially hyperbolic diffeomorphism. $f$ is called has the quasi-shadowing property if for any pseudo orbit ${x_k}_{kin mathbb{Z}}$, there is a sequence ${y_k}_{kin mathbb{Z}}$ tracing it in which $y_{k+1}$ lies in the local center leaf of $f(y_k)$ for any $kin mathbb{Z}$. $f$ is called topologically quasi-stable if for any homeomorphism $g$ $C^0$-close to $f$, there exist a continuous map $pi$ and a motion $tau$ along the center foliation such that $picirc g=taucirc fcircpi$. In this paper we prove that if $f$ is dynamically coherent then it has quasi-shadowing and topological quasi-stability properties.
Criteria for the simplicity of the Lyapunov spectra of linear cocycles have been found by Furstenberg, Guivarch-Raugi, Goldsheid-Margulis and, more recently, Bonatti-Viana and Avila-Viana. In all the cases, the authors consider cocycles over hyperbolic systems, such as shift maps or Axiom A diffeomorphisms. In this paper we propose to extend such criteria to situations where the base map is just partially hyperbolic. This raises several new issues concerning, among others, the recurrence of the holonomy maps and the (lack of) continuity of the Rokhlin disintegrations of $u$-states. Our main results are stated for certain partially hyperbolic skew-products whose iterates have bounded derivatives along center leaves. They allow us, in particular, to exhibit non-trivial examples of stable simplicity in the partially hyperbolic setting.
In this paper, unstable metric entropy, unstable topological entropy and unstable pressure for partially hyperbolic endomorphisms are introduced and investigated. A version of Shannon-McMillan-Breiman Theorem is established, and a variational principle is formulated, which gives a relationship between unstable metric entropy and unstable pressure (unstable topological entropy). As an application of the variational principle, some results on the $u$-equilibrium states are given.