The error term of the prime orbit theorem for expanding semiflows

Abstract

We consider suspension semiflows of an angle multiplying map on the circle and study the distributions of periods of their periodic orbits. Under generic conditions on the roof function, we give an asymptotic formula on the number $π(T)$ of prime periodic orbits with period $\le T$. The error term is bounded, at least, by \[ \exp((1-\frac{1}{4\lceil χ_{\max}/h_{\mathrm{top}}\rceil}+\varepsilon) h_{\top} T)\qquad {in the limit $T\to \infty$} \] for arbitrarily small $\varepsilon>0$, where $h_{\mathrm{top}}$ and $χ_{\max}$ are respectively the topological entropy and the maximal Lyapunov exponent of the semiflow.

45 pages, 2 figures. In this version (Version 2), we have fixed several errors in the first version, though the main theorems and the main steps of the proofs have not changed