New examples of S-unimodal maps with a sigma-finite absolutely continuous invariant measure

Abstract

We combine the technique of inducing with a method of <em> Johnson boxes</em> and construct new examples of S-unimodal maps $\varphi$ which do not have a finite absolutely continuous invariant measure, but do have a $\sigma$-finite one which is infinite on every non-trivial interval. <br> We prove the following dichotomy. Every absolutely continuous invariant measure is either $\sigma$-finite, or else it is infinite on every set of positive Lebesgue measure.