Measure rigidity for almost linear groups and its applications

Linear algebraic groups over local fields and their integers (20G25) Ergodic theory on groups (22D40) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) General groups of measure-preserving transformations (28D15)

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The paper strengthens and extends results of the authors [Invent. Math. 116, 347-392 (1994; Zbl 0816.22004)] to the case of almost linear groups. An almost linear group is a direct product \(G=\prod_{p\in S} G_p\) where every \(G_p\) is an extension of a certain type of a linear \(p\)-adic on a real Lie group \(G_p'\). An element \(g\in G\) is of class \({\mathcal A}\) if its image in \(G'= \prod_{p\in S} G_p'\) is of class \({\mathcal A}\) (in the sense of the paper mentioned above). Let \(H\) (resp. \(\Gamma)\) be a subgroup of \(G\) generated by 1-parameter unipotent subgroups and elements of class \({\mathcal A}\) (resp. a closed subgroup of \(G)\). Let \(\mu\) be an \(H\)-invariant \(H\)-ergodic probability measure on \(G/ \Gamma\) and let \(H_u\) denote the subgroup generated by all 1-parameter unipotent subgroups of \(H\). The main results of the paper are the following: (1) There exists a closed subgroup \(L\subset G\) such that \(L\supset H_u\) and almost every \(H_u\)-ergodic component of \(\mu\) is \(L\)-invariant and concentrated on a closed \(L\)-orbit measure on \(G/\Gamma\); (2) if \(P\subset G\) is the subgroup of elements which keep \(L\) invariant under conjugation and preserve the Haar measure on \(L\), then \(\mu\) is concentrated on a \(P\)-orbit on \(G/\Gamma\). After the paper under review was submitted for publication a paper of \textit{M. Ratner} [Duke Math. J. 77, 275-382 (1995)] appeared where some of the results are similar to ours but they are proved by different methods.

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