Distribution of lattice orbits on homogeneous varieties

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Abstract: Given a lattice Gamma in a locally compact group G and a closed subgroup H of G, one has a natural action of Gamma on the homogeneous space V=HG. For an increasing family of finite subsets {Gamma_T: T>0}, a dense orbit vGamma, vin V, and compactly supported function phi on V, we consider the sums S_{phi,v}(T)=sum_{gammain Gamma_T} phi(v gamma). Understanding the asymptotic behavior of S_{phi,v}(T) is a delicate problem which has only been considered for certain very special choices of H, G and {Gamma_T}. We develop a general abstract approach to the problem, and apply it to the case when G is a Lie group and either H or G is semisimple. When G is a group of matrices equipped with a norm, we have S_{phi,v}(T) sim int_{G_T} phi(vg) dg, where G_T={gin G:||g||<T} and Gamma_T = G_T cap Gamma. We also show that the asymptotics of S_{phi,v}(T) is governed by int_V phi d

u, where

u is an explicit limiting density depending on the choice of v and the norm.




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