The Hopf–Tsuji–Sullivan dichotomy in higher rank and applications to Anosov subgroups

Marc Burger; Or Landesberg; Minju Lee; Hee Oh

doi:10.3934/jmd.2023008

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2023, Volume 19: 301-330. Doi: 10.3934/jmd.2023008

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The Hopf–Tsuji–Sullivan dichotomy in higher rank and applications to Anosov subgroups

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Department of Mathematics, ETH Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Department of Mathematics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Current address: Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Received: August 09, 2021

Revised: October 31, 2022

HO: Partially supported by the NSF.

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We establish an extension of the Hopf–Tsuji–Sullivan dichotomy to any Zariski dense discrete subgroup of a semisimple real algebraic group $ G $. We then apply this dichotomy to Anosov subgroups of $ G $, which surprisingly presents a different phenomenon depending on the rank of the ambient group $ G $.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 37A17, 37A40, 22E40; Secondary: 22F30.

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