Ergodic theory for conformal dynamics with applications to fractal geometry

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We studied the interplay of dynamical, geometric and stochastic properties of conformal dynamical systems from the viewpoint of ergodic theory. We focused mainly on the dynamics of Fuchsian groups admitting a Dirichlet fundamental domain with even corners. For the associated hyperbolic surface, we obtained new results on the Hausdorff dimension spectrum of homological growth rates associated with oriented geodesics. In particular, we are able to express the dimension in terms of a generalized Poincare exponent associated with a given inverse temperature.As a stochastic counterpart we studied the probability to observe a certain homological growth rate. It turns out that the growth rate satisfies large deviations with a rate function closely related to the Hausdorff dimension spectrum. We have combined distortion arguments based on some geometric properties of the geodesic flow with the symbolic thermodynamic formalism for countable Markov shits. This is a joint work with Hiroki Takahasi (Keio U.).We also had some progress on transient dynamics on the real line with a reflective boundary. In particular, we obtained formulas for the topological pressure function which indicate a possible phase transition which arises from the reflective boundary.