Ergodic Theory and Topological Dynamics of Group Actions on Homogeneous Spaces(English, Paperback, Bekka M. Bachir)

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Ergodic Theory and Topological Dynamics of Group Actions on Homogeneous Spaces(English, Paperback, Bekka M. Bachir) is written by Bekka M. Bachir and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521660300 (ISBN 10) and 9780521660303 (ISBN 13).

The study of geodesic flows on homogenous spaces is an area of research that has yielded some fascinating developments. This book, first published in 2000, focuses on many of these, and one of its highlights is an elementary and complete proof (due to Margulis and Dani) of Oppenheim's conjecture. Also included here: an exposition of Ratner's work on Raghunathan's conjectures; a complete proof of the Howe-Moore vanishing theorem for general semisimple Lie groups; a new treatment of Mautner's result on the geodesic flow of a Riemannian symmetric space; Mozes' result about mixing of all orders and the asymptotic distribution of lattice points in the hyperbolic plane; Ledrappier's example of a mixing action which is not a mixing of all orders. The treatment is as self-contained and elementary as possible. It should appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in dynamical systems, harmonic analysis, differential geometry, Lie theory and number theory.