Hausdorff and Fractal Dimension Estimates for Invariant Sets of Non-Injective Maps

Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with upper bounds for the Hausdorff and fractal dimensions of negatively invariant sets of maps on Riemannian manifolds. We consider a special class of non-injective maps, for which we introduce a factor describing the "degree of non-injectivity". This factor can be included in the Hausdorif dimension estimates of Douady-Oesterlé type [2, 7, 10] and in fractal dimension estimates [5, 13, 15] in order to weaken the condition to the singular values of the tangent map. In a number of cases we get better upper dimension estimates.