On the escape rate of unique beta-expansions

Abstract

Let $1<β\leq 2$. It is well-known that the set of points in $% [0,1/(β-1)]$ having unique $β$-expansion, in other words, those points whose orbits under greedy $β$-transformation escape a hole depending on $β$, is of zero Lebesgue measure. The corresponding escape rate is investigated in this paper. A formula which links the Hausdorff dimension of univoque set and escape rate is established in this study. Then we also proved that such rate forms a devil's staircase function with respect to $β$.