Chaotic holomorphic automorphisms of Stein manifolds with the volume density property

Andersén-Lempert theory chaotic automorphism holomorphic automorphism linear algebraic group Stein manifold volume density property volume-preserving automorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Complex Lie groups, group actions on complex spaces (32M05) Automorphism groups of (mathbb{C}^n) and affine manifolds (32M17)

Abstract: Let

X

be a Stein manifold of dimension

n g e q 2

satisfying the volume density property with respect to an exact holomorphic volume form. For example,

X

could be

m a t h b b C^{n}

, any connected linear algebraic group that is not reductive, the Koras-Russell cubic, or a product

Y i m e s m a t h b b C

, where

Y

is any Stein manifold with the volume density property. We prove that chaotic automorphisms are generic among volume-preserving holomorphic automorphisms of

X

. In particular,

X

has a chaotic holomorphic automorphism. A proof for

X = m a t h b b C^{n}

may be found in work of Fornae ss and Sibony. We follow their approach closely. Peters, Vivas, and Wold showed that a generic volume-preserving automorphism of

m a t h b b C^{n}

,

n g e q 2

, has a hyperbolic fixed point whose stable manifold is dense in

m a t h b b C^{n}

. This property can be interpreted as a kind of chaos. We generalise their theorem to a Stein manifold as above.

Review text

The authors prove the existence of a chaotic holomorphic automorphism for any Stein manifold \(X\) of dimension at least \(2\) satisfying the volume density property with respect to an exact volume form. More precisely, they prove that chaotic automorphisms are generic among volume-preserving holomorphic automorphisms. The case \(X=\mathbb C^n\) can be found in the work of \textit{J. E. Fornæss} and \textit{N. Sibony} [Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 17, No. 4, 821--837 (1997; Zbl 0965.37046)]. \textit{H. Peters} et al. [Int. J. Math. 19, No. 7, 801--810 (2008; Zbl 1149.37027)] proved that a generic volume-preserving holomorphic automorphism of \(\mathbb C^n\) has a hyperbolic fixed point whose stable manifold is dense in \(\mathbb C^n\). New examples of manifolds with chaotic holomorphic automorphisms include connected linear groups, that are not reductive, the Koras-Russel cubic, and a product \(Y\times \mathbb C\) where \(Y\) is any Stein manifold with the volume density property. An explicit example of such an automorphism is however not known, not even in the case of \(\mathbb C^n\).

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