Eckmann–Ruelle conjecture on pointwise dimensions of hyperbolic measures

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Let MM be a compact smooth Riemannian manifold, let f:MMf:M\to M be a C1+αC^{1+\alpha} diffeomorphism, and let μ\mu be a hyperbolic measure. The pointwise dimension of μ\mu is the limit, when it exists, of

limr0logμ(B(x,r))logr.\lim_{r\to 0}\frac{\log\mu(B(x,r))}{\log r}.

Eckmann–Ruelle conjecture. For any hyperbolic measure μ\mu of a C1+αC^{1+\alpha} diffeomorphism ff, the pointwise dimension exists almost everywhere and is constant.

The conjecture concerns whether hyperbolicity alone guarantees almost-everywhere existence and almost-everywhere constancy of pointwise dimension, extending the established relationships between entropy, Lyapunov exponents, and dimensions for hyperbolic measures. Its resolution status is not specified in the source.

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Ercai Chen, Tassilo Küpper and Yunxiang Xie, “Dimensions and entropies for an expansive homeomorphism”, arXiv:2502.18162 (2025).

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