Lifting measures to Markov extensions

Generalizing a theorem ofHofbauer (1979), we give conditions under which invariant measures for piecewise invertible dynamical systems can be lifted to Markov extensions. Using these results we prove:

1. IfT is anS-unimodal map with an attracting invariant Cantor set, then ∫log|T′|dμ=0 for the unique invariant measure μ on the Cantor set.
2. IfT is piecewise invertible, iff is the Radon-Nikodym derivative ofT with respect to a σ-finite measurem, if logf has bounded distortion underT, and if μ is an ergodicT-invariant measure satisfying a certain lower estimate for its entropy, then μ?m iffh _μ (T)=Σlogf dμ.