The Arnold cat map - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net2013-05-24T20:06:12Zhttp://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/4001http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdfhttp://mathoverflow.net/questions/4001/the-arnold-cat-mapThe Arnold cat mapSteve Huntsman2009-11-03T21:23:38Z2010-02-16T15:01:59Z
<p>How can I compute the SRB measure for the cat map? Also any pointers to references for obtaining Markov partitions and recurrence times would be lovely. Thanks</p>
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/4001/the-arnold-cat-map/4004#4004Answer by Martin M. W. for The Arnold cat mapMartin M. W.2009-11-03T22:05:29Z2009-11-03T22:05:29Z<p>Unless I'm misinterpreting the question, the SRB measure is just Lebesgue measure... the cat map is hyperbolic, preserves area, and is topologically transitive. See Theorem 3.10 and the following remarks here:
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