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In this paper we describe the stable and unstable leaves for the geodesic flow on the space of non-wandering spacelike geodesics of a Margulis Space Time and prove contraction properties of the leaves under the flow. We also show that monodromy of Margulis Space Times are "Anosov representations in non semi-simple Lie …

A survey on the recent work of Danciger, Guéritaud and Kassel on Margulis space-times and complete anti-de Sitter space-times. Margulis space-times are quotients of the 3-dimensional Minkowski space by (non-abelian) free groups acting propertly discontinuously. Goldman, Labourie and Margulis have shown that they are de…

Let $\mathbf{E}$ be a flat Lorentzian space of signature $(2, 1)$. A Margulis space-time is a noncompact complete flat Lorentzian $3$-manifold $\mathbf{E}/Γ$ with a free holonomy group $Γ$ of rank $\mathbf{g}, \mathbf{g} \geq 2$. We consider the case when $Γ$ contains a parabolic element. We obtain a characterization o…

Margulis space-times with parabolic holonomy elements are stable under sufficiently small deformations.

Small deformations of a specific type of Lorentzian space-time preserve its structure.

We show that Margulis spacetimes without parabolic holonomy are topologically tame. A Margulis spacetime is the quotient of the $3$-dimensional Minkowski space by a free proper isometric action of the free group of rank $\geq 2$. We will use our particular point of view that the Margulis spacetime is a manifold-with-bo…

Extends metric to Margulis spacetimes for convex properties.

Extends Margulis Lemma to RCD(K,N) spaces.

The essay discusses Margulis' theorems and their implications.

In this article we construct the pressure form on the moduli space of higher dimensional Margulis spacetimes without cusps and study its properties. We show that the Margulis spacetimes are infinitesimally determined by their marked Margulis invariant spectrums. We use it to show that the restrictions of the pressure f…

Lower bound on boundary injectivity radius for specific tubes.

Researchers extend parametrization of Margulis spacetimes using strip deformations.

For every closed hyperbolic Haken 3-manifold and, more generally, for any hyperbolic 3-manifold M which is homeomorphic to the interior of a Haken manifold, the number 0.286 is a Margulis number. If M has non-zero first Betti number, or if M is closed and contains a semi-fiber, then 0.292 is a Margulis number for M.

We give sharp, effective bounds on the distance between tori of fixed injectivity radius inside a Margulis tube in a hyperbolic 3-manifold.

We show that 0.29 is a Margulis number for all but finitely many hyperbolic 3-manifolds. The finitely many exceptions are all closed.

Given an affine isometry of $\R^3$ with hyperbolic linear part, its Margulis invariant measures signed Lorentzian displacement along an invariant spacelike line. In order for a group generated by hyperbolic isometries to act properly on $\R^3$, the sign of the Margulis invariant must be constant over the group. We show…

The study shows that certain spacetimes are isospectrally rigid.

Let $X$ be a proper, geodesically complete CAT(0) space under a proper, non-elementary, isometric action by a group $Γ$ with a rank one element. We construct a generalized Bowen-Margulis measure on the space of unit-speed parametrized geodesics of $X$ modulo the $Γ$-action. Although the construction of Bowen-Margulis m…

In this article we use the "escape from subvarieties lemma" introduced by Eskin--Mozes--Oh to prove finite step rigidity results for the Jordan-Lyapunov projection spectra of Hitchin representations and the Margulis-Smilga invariant spectra of some special Margulis-Smilga spacetimes. In the process, we also prove a sim…

Study shows similar result to Margulis for Cantor set homeomorphisms.

Given a discrete subgroup of the isometries of n-dimensional hyperbolic space there is always a region kept precisely invariant under the stabilizer of a parabolic fixed point, called the Margulis region. While in dimensions 2 and 3 this region is a horoball, it has in general a more complicated shape due to the existe…

This paper defines the pressure metric on the Moduli space of Margulis spacetimes without cusps and shows that it is positive definite on the constant entropy sections. It also demonstrates an identity regarding the variation of the cross-ratios.

This paper applies the authors' forthcoming work, "Affine deformations of a three-holed sphere" in Lorentzian geometry to prove a result in hyperbolic geometry. Namely, an infinitesimal deformation of a hyperbolic structure of a three-holed sphere which infinitesimally lengthens the three boundary components infinitesi…

Under certain assumptions on CAT(0) spaces, we show that the geodesic flow is topologically mixing. In particular, the Bowen-Margulis' measure finiteness assumption used in recent work of Ricks is removed. We also construct examples of CAT(0) spaces which do not admit finite Bowen-Margulis measure.

The study calculates volume and entropy asymptotics in nonpositive curvature manifolds.

A Margulis spacetime is a complete affine 3-manifold M with nonsolvable fundamental group. Associated to every Margulis spacetime is a noncompact complete hyperbolic surface S. We show that every Margulis spacetime is orientable, even though S may be nonorientable. We classify Margulis spacetimes when S is homeomorphic…

Arithmetic spaces simplified to simplicial complexes.

We study the geometry of the Margulis region associated with an irrational screw translation $g$ acting on the 4-dimensional real hyperbolic space. This is an invariant domain with the parabolic fixed point of $g$ on its boundary which plays the role of an invariant horoball for a translation in dimensions $\leq 3$. Th…

Let M be a Margulis spacetime whose associated complete hyperbolic surface S has compact convex core. Generalizing the correspondence between closed geodesics on M and closed geodesics on S, we establish an orbit equivalence between recurrent spacelike geodesics on M and recurrent geodesics on S. In contrast, no timeli…

A Margulis spacetime is a complete flat Lorentzian 3-manifold M with free fundamental group. Associated to M is a noncompact complete hyperbolic surface S homotopy-equivalent to M. The purpose of this paper is to classify Margulis spacetimes when S is homeomorphic to a one-holed torus. We show that every such M decompo…

Recently, it is proven that generalized Robertson-Walker space-times in all orthogonal subspaces of Gray's decomposition but one(unrestricted) are perfect fluid space-times. GRW space-times in the unrestricted subspace are identified by having constant scalar curvature. Generalized quasi-Einstein GRW space-times have a…

We investigate refocusing and strong refocusing of light rays in a space-time. A strongly refocusing space-time is refocusing. The converse is unknown. We construct examples of space-times which are refocusing, but not strongly so, at a particular point. These space-times are strongly refocusing at other points. The ge…

The paper examines isotropic cosmological space-times with changing sectional curvature.

We study strip deformations of convex cocompact hyperbolic surfaces, defined by inserting hyperbolic strips along a collection of disjoint geodesic arcs properly embedded in the surface. We prove that any deformation of the surface that uniformly lengthens all closed geodesics can be realized as a strip deformation, in…

We prove a Kazhdan-Margulis-Zassenhaus lemma for Hilbert geometries. More precisely, in every dimension $n$ there exists a constant $\varepsilon_n > 0$ such that, for any properly open convex set $Ø$ and any point $x \in Ø$, any discrete group generated by a finite number of automorphisms of $Ø$, which displace $x$ at …

If $λ$ is a positive real number strictly less than $\log3$, there is a positive number $V_λ$ such that every orientable hyperbolic 3-manifold of volume greater than $V_λ$ admits $λ$ as a Margulis number. If $λ<(\log3)/2$, such a $V_λ$ can be specified explicitly, and is bounded above by $$λ\bigg(6+\frac{880}{\log3-2λ}…

This paper aims to study the $W$-curvature tensor on relativistic space-times. The energy-momentum tensor T of a space-time is semi-symmetric given that the $W$-curvature tensor is semi-symmetric whereas energy-momentum tensor T of a space-time having a divergence free $W$-curvature tensor is of Codazzi type. A space-t…

New proof shows maximal arithmetic groups are finite.

New distances defined between space-times, proving some definite.

Formula for subgroup growth in mapping class groups.

Quantifies how geodesic planes isolate in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

Polynomial error equidistribution for SL2 groups.

A perfect-fluid space-time of dimension n>3 with 1) irrotational velocity vector field, 2) null divergence of the Weyl tensor, is a generalised Robertson-Walker space-time with Einstein fiber. Condition 1) is verified whenever pressure and energy density are related by an equation of state. The contraction of the Weyl …

We consider Killing vector fields on standard static space-times and obtain equations for a vector field on a standard static space-time to be Killing. We also provide a characterization of Killing vector fields on standard static space-times with compact Riemannian parts.

A large class of vacuum space-times is constructed in dimension 4+1 from hyperboloidal initial data sets which are not small perturbations of empty space data. These space-times are future geodesically complete, smooth up to their future null infinity, and extend as vacuum space-times through their Cauchy horizon. Dime…

We prove a Margulis' Lemma à la Besson Courtois Gallot, for manifolds whose fundamental group is a nontrivial free product A*B, without 2-torsion. Moreover, if A*B is torsion-free we give a lower bound for the homotopy systole in terms of upper bounds on the diameter and the volume entropy. We also provide examples and…

Study Codazzi tensors in space-times, linking to Cotton gravity.

In this paper, we give a general group-theoretic construction of affine $\RR$-buildings, and more generally, of affine $Λ$-buildings, associated to semisimple Lie groups over nonarchimedean real closed fields. The construction of Kleiner-Leeb using the asymptotic cone of a Riemannian symmetric space appears as a specia…