Ergodic optimization for hyperbolic flows and Lorenz attractors

Abstract: In this article we consider the ergodic optimization for hyperbolic flows and Lorenz attractors with respect to both continuous and Holder continuous observables. In the context of hyperbolic flows we prove that a Baire generic subset of continuous observables have a unique maximizing measure, with full support and zero entropy, and that a Baire generic subset of Holder continuous observables admit a unique and periodic maximizing measure. These results rely on a relation between ergodic optimization for suspension semiflows and ergodic optimization for the Poincar\'e map with respect to induced observables, which allow us to reduce the problem for the context of maps. Using that singular-hyperbolic attractors are approximated by hyperbolic sets, we obtain related results for geometric Lorenz attractors.