3 N ov 1 99 4 Measures with infinite Lyapunov exponents for the periodic Lorentz gas
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We study invariant measures for the Lorentz gas which are supported on the set of points with infinite Lyapunov exponents. We construct examples of such measures which are measures of maximal entropy and ones which are not.
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