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Limit distributions for $\text{SO}(n,1)$ action on $k$-lattices in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$

Dynamical Systems 2026-04-06 v2

Abstract

We study the asymptotic distribution of norm ball averages along orbits of a lattice ΓSO(n,1)\Gamma \subset \text{SO}(n,1) acting on the moduli space of pairs of orthogonal discrete subgroups of Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} up to homothety. Our main result shows that, except for special 22-lattices in R3\mathbb{R}^3 lying in hyperplanes tangent to the light cone, these measures converge to an explicit semi-invariant probability measure supported on the space of homothety classes of pairs of orthogonal lattices tangent to the light cone. Our main motivation is a conjecture of Sargent and Shapira, which is resolved as a special case of our general result.

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@article{arxiv.2505.19413,
  title  = {Limit distributions for $\text{SO}(n,1)$ action on $k$-lattices in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$},
  author = {Michael Bersudsky and Nimish A. Shah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.19413},
  year   = {2026}
}