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Polynomial 3-mixing for smooth time-changes of horocycle flows

Dynamical Systems 2020-03-25 v2

Abstract

Let (ht)tR(h_t)_{t\in \mathbb{R}} be the horocycle flow acting on (M,μ)=(Γ\SL(2,R),μ)(M,\mu)=(\Gamma \backslash \text{SL}(2,\mathbb{R}),\mu), where Γ\Gamma is a co-compact lattice in SL(2,R)\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{R}) and μ\mu is the homogeneous probability measure locally given by the Haar measure on SL(2,R)\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{R}). Let τW6(M)\tau\in W^6(M) be a strictly positive function and let μτ\mu^{\tau} be the measure equivalent to μ\mu with density τ\tau. We consider the time changed flow (htτ)tR(h_t^\tau)_{t\in \mathbb{R}} and we show that there exists γ=γ(M,τ)>0\gamma=\gamma(M,\tau)>0 and a constant C>0C>0 such that for any f0,f1,f2W6(M) f_0, f_1, f_2\in W^6(M) and for all 0=t0<t1<t20=t_0<t_1<t_2, we have  Mi=02fihtiτdμτi=02MfidμτC(i=02fi6)(min0i<j2titj)γ.\ \left|\int_M \prod_{i=0}^{2} f_i\circ h^\tau_{t_i} d \mu^\tau -\prod_{i=0}^{2}\int_M f_i d \mu^\tau \right|\leq C \left(\prod_{i=0}^{2} \|f_i\|_6\right) \left(\min_{0\leq i<j\leq 2} |t_i-t_j|\right)^{-\gamma}. With the same techniques, we establish polynomial mixing of all orders under the additional assumption of τ\tau being fully supported on the discrete series.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1909.08799,
  title  = {Polynomial 3-mixing for smooth time-changes of horocycle flows},
  author = {Adam Kanigowski and Davide Ravotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.08799},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

27 pages. This version contains a new result on quantitative 3-mixing for all smooth time-changes; the title has changed accordingly

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