Nonprobabilistic computation of the Poisson boundary for an étalée measure on a semi-simple Lie group (Q1912629)

In [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 77, 335-386 (1963; Zbl 0192.12704)], \textit{H. Furstenberg} proved the existence of a boundary representation for \(\mu\)-harmonic functions on \(T\), a connected semi-simple Lie group with finite center and no compact factors. In the same paper he also computed the boundary in the case \(\mu\) was absolutely continuous with respect to Haar measure on \(T\). In proving both these results he used probability theory (the Martingale theorem). In [Espaces de Poisson des groupes localement compacts, Lect. Notes Math., Vol. 148, Berlin ect. (1970; Zbl 0208.15302)] \textit{R. Azencott} generalized these results to the case of an étalée measure again using probability theory. In [J. Anal. Math. 52, 1-25 (1989; Zbl 0716.43003)] the author has shown how to construct the boundary using nonprobabilistic techniques. These results were developed further by the author and \textit{R. Ellis} [Pac. J. Math. 141, 79-103 (1990; Zbl 0657.58031)] and applied to \(\mu\) and \(T\) as in Furstenberg's situation with the additional hypothesis that \(\mu\) was supported on \(T\). The boundary was shown to be a compact homogeneous space of \(T\). In this paper we prove Azencott's generalization of Furstenberg's result (see Theorem 2.7) for the case of \(\mu\), a spread out étalée measure on \(T\), a semi-simple, connected Lie group with finite center and no compact factors. The techniques we use are those developed by the author [op. cit.] and by the author and \textit{R. Ellis} [op. cit.] and are nonprobabilistic in nature.