English

Stationary measures and random walks on $\tilde{A}_2$-buildings

Group Theory 2025-09-18 v2 Probability

Abstract

We consider a non-elementary group action GXG \curvearrowright X of a locally compact second countable group GG on a possibly exotic non-discrete affine building XX of type A~2\tilde{A}_2. We prove that if μ\mu is an admissible symmetric probability measure on GG, there is a unique μ\mu-stationary measure supported on the chambers of the spherical building at infinity. We use this result to study random walks induced by the GG-action, and we prove that if μ\mu has finite second moment, (Zno)(Z_n o) converges almost surely to a regular point of the boundary and the Lyapunov spectrum of the random walk is simple. Applied to Bruhat-Tits buildings, these results extend some classical theorems due to H.~Furstenberg.

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@article{arxiv.2410.18821,
  title  = {Stationary measures and random walks on $\tilde{A}_2$-buildings},
  author = {Corentin Le Bars},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.18821},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

36 pages, exposition shortened. Version accepted in Israel Journal of Mathematics