AbstractWe obtain limit theorems (Stable Laws and Central Limit Theorems, both standard and non-standard) and thermodynamic properties for a class of non-uniformly hyperbolic flows: almost Anosov flows, constructed here. The link between the pressure function and limit theorems is studied in an abstract functional analytic framework, which may be applicable to other classes of non-uniformly hyperbolic flows.
We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a suspension flow, over a subshift of finite type, to mix faster than any power of time. Then we show that these conditions are satisfied if the flow has two periodic orbits such that the ratio of the periods cannot be well approximated by rationals.
We continue the study of mixing properties of generic hyperbolic flows started in an earlier paper (D. Dolgopyat. Prevalence of rapid mixing in hyperbolic flows. Erg. Th.& Dyn. Sys.18 (1998), 1097–1114). Our main result is that generic suspension flow over subshifts of finite type is exponentially mixing. This is a quantitative version of an earlier result of Parry and Pollicott (W. Parry and M. Pollicott. Stability of mixing for toral extensions of hyperbolic systems. Proc. Steklov Inst.216 (1997), 354–363).
Pressure Function and Limit Theorems for Almost Anosov Flows
