Manhattan curves in complex dynamics and asymptotic correlation of multiplier spectra

Abstract

The Manhattan curve for a pair of hyperbolic structures (possibly with cusps) on a given surface is a geometric object that encodes the growth rate of lengths of closed geodesics with respect to the two different hyperbolic metrics. It has been extensively studied as a way to understand geodesics on surfaces, the thermodynamic formalism of the geodesic flows and comparison of hyperbolic metrics. Via Sullivan's dictionary, in this paper, we define and study the Manhattan curve for a pair of hyperbolic rational maps on $\mathbb C\mathbb P^1$, and more generally of holomorphic endomorphisms of $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^k$. We discuss several counting results for the multiplier spectrum and show that the Manhattan curve for two holomorphic endomorphisms is related to the correlation number of their multiplier spectra.