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An integral formula for the volume entropy with applications to rigidity

Differential Geometry 2009-12-16 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We extend the theory of Patterson-Sullivan measure to any regular covering of a compact manifold using the Busemann compactification and derive an integral formula for the volume entropy. As applications we prove some rigidity theorems for the volume entropy.

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@article{arxiv.0911.0370,
  title  = {An integral formula for the volume entropy with applications to rigidity},
  author = {Francois Ledrappier and Xiaodong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0370},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

added discussion on quaternionic Kahler case; reorganized

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