The dynamics of (F_n) on redundant representations

DOI10.4171/GGD/197zbMATH Open1290.37003arXiv1104.4774OpenAlexW2040518823MaRDI QIDQ374098FDOQ374098

Authors: Tsachik Gelander, Yair N. Minsky 

Publication date: 28 October 2013

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study some dynamical properties of the canonical Aut(F_n)-action on the space R_n(G) of redundant representations of the free group F_n in G, where G is the group of rational points of a simple algebraic group over a local field. We show that this action is always minimal and ergodic, confirming a conjecture of A. Lubotzky. On the other hand for the classical cases where G=SL(2,R) or SL(2,C) we show that the action is not weak mixing, in the sense that the diagonal action on R_n(G)^2 is not ergodic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4774

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zbMATH Keywords

ergodicitycharacter varietiesalgebraic groups\(\Aut(F_n)\)3-dimensional topologydynamical decompositionredundant representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodicity, mixing, rates of mixing (37A25) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Ergodic theory on groups (22D40)

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