Orbits of discrete subgroups on a symmetric space and the Furstenberg boundary

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-07-13933-4MaRDI QIDQ2382009zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Gorodnik, Hee Oh

Publication date 27 September 2007

Published in Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0405515, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1187916268

zbMATH Keywords

equidistributionlatticenoncompact Lie grouporbitsymmetric space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Homogeneous spaces (22F30) General groups of measure-preserving transformations and dynamical systems (37A15) Homogeneous flows (37A17)

Abstract: Let X be a symmetric space of noncompact type and Gamma a lattice in the isometry group of X. We study the distribution of orbits of Gamma acting on the symmetric space X and its geometric boundary X(infty). More precisely, for any y in X and b in X(infty), we investigate the distribution of the set {(ygamma,bgamma^{-1}):gammainGamma} in X imes X(infty). It is proved, in particular, that the orbits of Gamma in the Furstenberg boundary are equidistributed, and that the orbits of Gamma in X are equidistributed in ``sectors defined with respect to a Cartan decomposition. We also discuss an application to the Patterson-Sullivan theory. Our main tools are the strong wavefront lemma and the equidistribution of solvable flows on homogeneous spaces.

Review text

Assume that \(X\) is a symmetric space of noncompact type, and denote by \(X(\infty )\) its geometric boundary. Moreover, let \(G\) be the identity component of the isometry group of~\(X\) acting on~\(X\). Let \(\Gamma\) be a lattice in~\(G\), i.e.\ a discrete subgroup with finite covolume. One can extend the action of~\(\Gamma\) on~\(X\) to~\(X(\infty )\). Given \(y\in X\) and \(b\in X(\infty )\) the distribution of \(\{(y\gamma ,b\gamma^{-1}):\gamma\in\Gamma\}\) is investigated. It is proved that the orbits of~\(\Gamma\) in the Furstenberg boundary are equidistributed. Furthermore, the orbits of~\(\Gamma\) in~\(X\) are equidistributed in ``sectors defined with respect to a Cartan decomposition.

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