Let $\mu$ be the measure of Example 17.1, with $0<p_1<p_2<1$ and $\beta$ given by (17.13). Show that for large $q, \beta(q)=q \log p_2 / \log 3+o(1)$ and obtain a similar expression for $q$ large negative. (Here $o(1)$ means a function of $q$ that tends to 0 as $q \rightarrow \infty$.) Deduce that the asymptotes of the graph of $\beta(q)$ pass through the origin, that $\alpha_{\min }=-\log p_2 / \log 3, \alpha_{\max }=-\log p_1 / \log 3$ and that $f\left(\alpha_{\min }\right)=f\left(\alpha_{\max }\right)=$ 0.