Minimality and unique ergodicity for subgroup actions

Shahar Mozes; Barak Weiss

Annales de l'institut Fourier (1998)

  • Volume: 48, Issue: 5, page 1533-1541
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

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Let G be an ℝ -algebraic semisimple group, H an algebraic ℝ -subgroup, and Γ a lattice in G . Partially answering a question posed by Hillel Furstenberg in 1972, we prove that if the action of H on G / Γ is minimal, then it is uniquely ergodic. Our proof uses in an essential way Marina Ratner’s classification of probability measures on G / Γ invariant under unipotent elements, and the study of “tubes” in G / Γ .

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Mozes, Shahar, and Weiss, Barak. "Minimality and unique ergodicity for subgroup actions." Annales de l'institut Fourier 48.5 (1998): 1533-1541. <http://eudml.org/doc/75329>.

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abstract = {Let $G$ be an $\{\Bbb R\}$-algebraic semisimple group, $H$ an algebraic $\{\Bbb R\}$-subgroup, and $\Gamma $ a lattice in $G$. Partially answering a question posed by Hillel Furstenberg in 1972, we prove that if the action of $H$ on $G/\Gamma $ is minimal, then it is uniquely ergodic. Our proof uses in an essential way Marina Ratner’s classification of probability measures on $G/\Gamma $ invariant under unipotent elements, and the study of “tubes” in $G/\Gamma $.},
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