Multifractal Structure of Bernoulli Convolutions

Jordan, Thomas and Shmerkin, Pablo and Solomyak, Boris (2011) Multifractal Structure of Bernoulli Convolutions. [MIMS Preprint]

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Abstract

Let $\nu_\lambda^p$ be the distribution of the random series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty i_n \lambda^n$, where $i_n$ is a sequence of i.i.d. random variables taking the values 0,1 with probabilities $p,1-p$. These measures are the well-known (biased) Bernoulli convolutions. In this paper we study the multifractal spectrum of $\nu_\lambda^p$ for typical $\lambda$. Namely, we investigate the size of the sets \[ \Delta_{\lambda,p}(\alpha) = \left\{x\in\R: \lim_{r\searrow 0} \frac{\log \nu_\lambda^p(B(x,r))}{\log r} =\alpha\right\}. \] Our main results highlight the fact that for almost all, and in some cases all, $\lambda$ in an appropriate range, $\Delta_{\lambda,p}(\alpha)$ is nonempty and, moreover, has positive Hausdorff dimension, for many values of $\alpha$. This happens even in parameter regions for which $\nu_\lambda^p$ is typically absolutely continuous.

Item Type: MIMS Preprint
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bernoulli convolutions, multifractal analysis, CICADA
Subjects: MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 28 Measure and integration
MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 37 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
Depositing User: Mr Pablo Shmerkin
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2011
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2017 14:12
URI: https://eprints.maths.manchester.ac.uk/id/eprint/1567

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