A generalization of the intermediate factors theorem (Q698313): Difference between revisions

The powerful intermediate factors theorem (IFT) due to the second author [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 55, 37-62 (1982; Zbl 0525.57022)] and generalizing the classical result by \textit{G. A. Margulis} [Discrete subgroups of semisimple Lie groups (Berlin 1991; Zbl 0732.22008)] is obtained from a new structural theorem also proved in the article. Moreover, a gap in the original proof of the IFT is deleted. Theorem: Let \(G\) be a connected semisimple Lie group with finite center, no compact factors and \(R\)-rank at least 2. Let \((X,m)\) be an irreducible ergodic \(G\)-space with finite invariant measure \(m\), \((Y,\nu)\) be a \(G\)-factor of \((X\times G/P,m\times \nu_0) \), where \(\nu_0\) is a \(G\)-equivariant probability measure. Then \((Y, \nu)\) has a \(G\)-factor \((G/Q, \nu_0)\) with parabolic subgroup \(Q\) and such that \((Y, \nu)\) is an extension with relatively \(G\)-invariant measure over \((G/Q, \nu_0)\).