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Relatively Anosov groups: finiteness, measure of maximal entropy, and reparameterization

Dynamical Systems 2025-05-27 v3 Group Theory Geometric Topology

Abstract

For a geometrically finite Kleinian group Γ\Gamma, the Bowen-Margulis-Sullivan measure is finite and is the unique measure of maximal entropy for the geodesic flow, as shown by Sullivan and Otal-Peign\'e respectively. Moreover, it is strongly mixing by a result of Babillot. We obtain a higher-rank analogue of this theorem. Given a relatively Anosov subgroup Γ\Gamma of a semisimple real algebraic group, there is a family of flow spaces parameterized by linear forms tangent to the growth indicator. We construct a reparameterization of each flow space by the geodesic flow on the Groves-Manning space of Γ\Gamma which exhibits exponential expansion along unstable foliations. Using this reparameterization, we prove that the Bowen-Margulis-Sullivan measure of each flow space is finite and is the unique measure of maximal entropy. Moreover, it is strongly mixing.

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@article{arxiv.2404.09745,
  title  = {Relatively Anosov groups: finiteness, measure of maximal entropy, and reparameterization},
  author = {Dongryul M. Kim and Hee Oh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.09745},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

58 pages, 2 figures, Final version, To appear in Crelle's Journal