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Develops Patterson-Sullivan theory for coarse cocycles.

Paper develops a theory for Patterson-Sullivan measures in higher rank symmetric spaces.

The paper introduces Patterson-Sullivan systems and proves their rigidity, with applications to random walks and entropy rigidity.

Prove a global shadow lemma for Patterson-Sullivan measures associated with relatively Morse subgroups in higher-rank semisimple Lie groups.

Unique entropy measure found for convex projective manifolds.

The article proves a unique invariant measure for geodesic flows on certain rank 1 manifolds.

Paper proves finite BMS measure for SPR groups in higher rank Lie groups.

Anosov groups limit sets are Ahlfors regular, with applications in Teichmüller spaces.

The paper connects geodesic flows and limit sets on visibility manifolds.

Study vanishing theorems for CR manifolds using contact forms and Laplacian formulas.

Develops measures for non-Borel Anosov groups on Furstenberg boundary.

Study extreme values of stable random fields on geometric spaces.

We prove that for a relatively hyperbolic group G there is a sequence of relatively hyperbolic proper quotients such that their growth rates converge to the growth rate of G. Under natural assumptions, the same conclusion holds for the critical exponent of a cusp-uniform action of G on a hyperbolic metric space. As a c…

For a torsion free Kleinian group $Γ$ without parabolics, we consider the decomposition of the limit set $L(Γ)$ into conical and ending limit sets and compare the Patterson-Sullivan measure with the harmonic measure on $L(Γ)$ when $L(Γ)=S^2_\infty$.

We consider a finitely generated torsion free Kleinian group $H$ and a random walk on $H$ with respect to a symmetric nondegenerate probability measure $μ$ with finite support. When $H$ is geometrically infinite without parabolics or when $H$ is Gromov hyperbolic with parabolics, we prove that the Patterson-Sullivan me…

Study shows exact dimensionality and regularity of manifolds for specific groups.

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.

The Manhattan curve connects metrics of hyperbolic groups, showing rigidity.

New theory extends classical results to Anosov subgroups.

In this paper we consider non-compact non-flat simply connected harmonic manifolds. In particular, we show that the Martin boundary and Busemann boundary coincide for such manifolds. For any finite volume quotient we show that (up to scaling) there is a unique Patterson-Sullivan measure and this measure coincides with …

Study of first passage percolation on hyperbolic groups, showing velocity and coalescence.

The fundamental group of a hyperbolic manifold acts on the limit set, giving rise to a cross-product C^* algebra. We construct nontrivial K-cycles for the cross-product algebra, thereby extending some results of Connes and Sullivan to higher dimensions. We also show how the Patterson-Sullivan measure on the limit set c…

Let $G, H$ be two Kleinian groups with homeomorphic quotients $\mathbb H^3/G$ and $\mathbb H^3/H$. We assume that $G$ is of divergence type, and consider the Patterson-Sullivan measures of $G$ and $H$. The measurable rigidity theorem by Sullivan and Tukia says that a measurable and essentially directly measurable equiv…

With their origin in thermodynamics and symbolic dynamics, Gibbs measures are crucial tools to study the ergodic theory of the geodesic flow on negatively curved manifolds. We develop a framework (through Patterson-Sullivan densities) allowing us to get rid of compactness assumptions on the manifold, and prove many exi…

Our monograph presents the foundations of the theory of groups and semigroups acting isometrically on Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces. Our work unifies and extends a long list of results by many authors. We make it a point to avoid any assumption of properness/compactness, keeping in mind the motivating example of $\ma…

Establishes Poisson integral formula for pluriharmonic functions on Teichmüller space.

Confirms unique eigenfunction in hyperbolic packing has maximal spectral gap.

Study shows singularity of stationary measure on Furstenberg boundary for certain random walks.

To a compact hyperbolic Riemann surface, we associate a finitely summable spectral triple whose underlying topological space is the limit set of a corresponding Schottky group, and whose ``Riemannian'' aspect (Hilbert space and Dirac operator) encode the boundary action through its Patterson-Sullivan measure. We prove …

Motivated by Bonahon's result for hyperbolic surfaces, we construct an analogue of the Patterson-Sullivan-Bowen-Margulis map from the Culler-Vogtmann outer space $CV(F_k)$ into the space of projectivized geodesic currents on a free group. We prove that this map is a topological embedding. We also prove that for every $…

Study geodesic trees and exceptional directions in FPP on hyperbolic groups.

We quantitatively relate the Patterson-Sullivant currents and generic stretching factors for free group automorphisms to the asymmetric Lipschitz metric on Outer space and to Guirardel's intersection number.

New theorem on critical exponents for group actions.

The study connects Hilbert entropy to non-differentiability points of limit sets in flag spaces.

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…

Study ergodic properties of geodesic flows on specific manifolds without conjugate points.

Let $G \curvearrowright X$ be a nonelementary action by isometries of a hyperbolic group $G$ on a hyperbolic metric space $X$. We show that the set of elements of $G$ which act as loxodromic isometries of $X$ is generic. That is, for any finite generating set of $G$, the proportion of $X$--loxodromics in the ball of ra…

For a convex cocompact subgroup $G<Mod(S)$, and points $x,y \in Teich(S)$ we obtain asymptotic formulas as $R\to \infty$ of $|B_{R}(x)\cap Gy|$ as well as the number of conjugacy classes of pseudo-Anosov elements in $G$ of dilatation at most $R$. We do this by developing an analogue of Patterson-Sullivan theory for the…

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

Establish a unified framework for negative results in Fourier analysis.

The paper studies limit sets on $\mathbb{P}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ using stationary measures.

A \emph{geodesic current} on a free group $F$ is an $F$-invariant measure on the set $\partial^2 F$ of pairs of distinct points of $\partial F$. The space of geodesic currents on $F$ is a natural companion of Culler-Vogtmann's Outer space $cv(F)$ and studying them together yields new information about both spaces as we…

New statistical convex-cocompactness found for non-orientable surfaces.

We prove that for $k\ge 5$ there does not exist a continuous map $\partial CV(F_k)\to\mathbb PCurr(F_k)$ that is either $Out(F_k)$-equivariant or $Out(F_k)$-anti-equivariant. Here $\partial CV(F_k)$ is the "length-function" boundary of Culler-Vogtmann's Outer space $CV(F_k)$, and $\mathbb PCurr(F_k)$ is the space of pr…

We prove the existence of positive lower bounds on the Cheeger constants of manifolds of the form $X/Γ$ where $X$ is a contractible Riemannian manifold and $Γ<\Isom(X)$ is a discrete subgroup, typically with infinite co-volume. The existence depends on the $L^2$-Betti numbers of $Γ$, its subgroups and of a uniform latt…

Study invariant measures on measured laminations for subgroups of mapping class group.

New set-valued star-shaped risk measures introduced for better risk assessment.

The Bergman measure converges to the Zhang measure on a hybrid space.