The Lyapunov spectrum for Schneider map on $p\mathbb{Z}_p$

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the Lyapunov spectrum of the Schneider map on p-adic integers, deriving explicit formulas and connecting it to Hausdorff dimension and Diophantine approximation in a non-Archimedean setting.

Contribution

It introduces a geometric potential for the Schneider map, computes the Lyapunov spectrum explicitly, and links it to Hausdorff dimension and rational approximation rates.

Findings

Lyapunov spectrum is real analytic on its domain.

Explicit closed-form formula for the spectrum.

Refined dimension formulas for sets defined by continued fraction digits.

Abstract

We study the thermodynamic formalism associated with the Schneider map on the p-adic integers $p\mathbb{Z}_p$ . By introducing a geometric potential that captures the expansion of cylinder sets generated by the map, we define a Lyapunov exponent adapted to this non-Archimedean setting. We investigate the corresponding Lyapunov spectrum and show that it is real analytic on its natural domain. Moreover, we obtain an explicit closed formula for the spectrum. As a consequence, we recover and refine known results on the Hausdorff dimension of sets defined by a prescribed asymptotic arithmetic mean of the continued fraction digits. Finally, we relate the Lyapunov exponent to the exponential rate of convergence of rational approximations arising from truncations of the Schneider continued fraction expansion. This provides a $p$-adic analogue of classical results from Diophantine approximation and yielding precise dimension formulas for the associated level sets.