posted on 2012-04-18, 00:00authored byNatalie J. McGathey
Measure classification is given for actions of the following type:
1. Any unbounded group Γ < G acting on G\H where G = PSL2(R) and H = Diff1(S1)
2. Any lattice Γ < G acting on G\H where G is as above and H = Homeoac(S1), the group
of absolutely continuous homeomorphisms of the circle
3. Any uniform lattice Γ < G where G is a connected, center free, real Lie group of rank one, acting on G\H leaving some compact set Q invariant, where H = Homeo(G/P) where P < G is the unique (up to conjugation) proper parabolic subgroup of G.
4. Any real simple higher rankLie group G acting on H = Homeo(G/Q) where Q < G is any proper non-trivial parabolic subgroup.
For each of these cases, it turns out that the only invariant probability measure on X = G\H is the Dirac measure on the identity coset.
History
Advisor
Furman, Alex
Department
MSCS
Degree Grantor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Degree Level
Doctoral
Committee Member
DeMarco, Laura
Hurder, Steve
Klaff, Ben
Constantine, David
Dumas, David