Shrinking random $\beta$-transformation

Abstract

For any $n\geq 3$, let $1<\beta<2$ be the largest positive real number satisfying the equation $$\beta^n=\beta^{n-2}+\beta^{n-3}+\cdots+\beta+1.$$ In this paper we define the shrinking random $\beta$-transformation $K$ and investigate natural invariant measures for $K$, and the induced tranformation of $K$ on a special subset of the domain. We prove that both transformations have a unique measure of maximal entropy. However, the measure induced from the intrinsically ergodic measure for $K$ is not the intrinsically ergodic measure for the induced system.