Asymptotic homology of the quotient of PSL₂(\BR) by a modular group

arXivmath/0611866MaRDI QIDQ6478324FDOQ6478324

Publication date: 28 November 2006

Abstract: Consider

G := P S L_{2} (R) e q u i v T^{1} H^{2}

, a modular group

G a m m a

, and the homogeneous space

G a m m a s m G e q u i v T^{1} (G a m m a s m H^{2})

. Endow

G

, and then

G a m m a s m G

, with a canonical left-invariant metric, thereby equipping it with a quasi hyperbolic geometry. Windings around handles and cusps of

G a m m a s m G

are calculated by integrals of closed 1-forms of

G a m m a s m G

. The main results express, in both Brownian and geodesic cases, the joint convergence of the law of these integrals, with a stress on the asymptotic independence between slow and fast windings. The non-hyperbolicity of

G a m m a s m G

is responsible for a difference between the Brownian and geodesic asymptotic behaviours, difference which does not exist at the level of the Riemann surface

G a m m a s m H^{2}

(and generally in hyperbolic cases). Identification of the cohomology classes of closed 1-forms and with harmonic 1-forms, and equidistribution of large geodesic spheres, are also addressed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brownian motion (60J65) Dynamical systems and their relations with probability theory and stochastic processes (37A50) Partially hyperbolic systems and dominated splittings (37D30) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Diffusion processes and stochastic analysis on manifolds (58J65) Unimodular groups, congruence subgroups (group-theoretic aspects) (20H05)

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