\(p\)-adic foliation and equidistribution (Q5935798)

This elegant paper extends work of \textit{D. J. Rudolph} [Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 10, No. 2, 395-406 (1990; Zbl 0709.28013)], \textit{A. S. A. Johnson} [Isr. J. Math. 77, No. 1-2, 211-240 (1992; Zbl 0790.28012)] and \textit{B. Host} [Isr. J. Math. 91, No. 1-3, 419-428 (1995; Zbl 0839.11030)] on the problem of measures on the circle invariant under two maps. The main result is the following: Under a technical condition on the sequence \((a_i)\) depending on \(m\), for any measure \(\mu\) invariant, ergodic and of positive entropy under multiplication by \(m\), the sequence \((a_ix)\) is Lebesgue-uniformly distributed for \(\mu\) a.e. \(x\). A special case of this is the case \(a_i=r^i\) if \(m\) does not divide any power of \(r\). The proofs use \(p\)-adic analogues of ideas from smooth dynamical systems.