The explicit subaction conjecture associated with the period-two maximizing orbit

Let AA and T(x)=2x(mod1)T(x)=2x\pmod 1 be as in the preceding construction, with inverse branches τ1(x)=x/2\tau_1(x)=x/2 and τ2(x)=(x+1)/2\tau_2(x)=(x+1)/2. Define η=τ2τ1\eta=\tau_2\circ\tau_1 and

H(x)=i=1+(A(τ1(ηi(x)))+A(τ2(τ1(ηi(x))))).H(x)=\sum_{i=1}^{+\infty}\left(A\left(\tau_1(\eta^i(x))\right)+A\left(\tau_2(\tau_1(\eta^i(x)))\right)\right).

A subaction is a function satisfying the corresponding ergodic-optimization inequality. The explicit period-two subaction conjecture. The function

W(x)=H(x)I[0,1/2)(x)+H(1x)I[1/2,1](x)W(x)=H(x)I_{[0,1/2)}(x)+H(1-x)I_{[1/2,1]}(x)

is a subaction for AA. This candidate is associated with the maximizing probability supported on {1/3,2/3}\{1/3,2/3\}. The source says that the relevant series is absolutely convergent and seeks to prove the subaction identity, but supplies no proof of the conjecture.

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Hermes H. Ferreira, Artur O. Lopes and Elismar R. Oliveira, “Explicit examples in Ergodic Optimization”, arXiv:1809.03900 (2020).

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