Automorphisms of surfaces: Kummer rigidity and measure of maximal entropy (Q2178255)

Summary: We classify complex projective surfaces \(X\) with an automorphism \(f\) of positive entropy for which the unique measure of maximal entropy is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure. As a byproduct, if \(X\) is a \(K3\) surface and is not a Kummer surface, the periodic points of \(f\) are equidistributed with respect to a probability measure which is singular with respect to the canonical volume of \(X\). The proof is based on complex algebraic geometry and Hodge theory, Pesin's theory and renormalization techniques. A crucial argument relies on a new compactness property of entire curves parametrizing the invariant manifolds of the automorphism.