Rigidity of multiparameter actions

Isomorphism rigidity of algebraic $Z^{d}$-actions

An algebraic $Z^{d}$-action is an action of $Z^{d}$ on a compact abelian group $X$ by automorphisms of $X$. We prove that for $d \ge 8$, there exist mixing zero entropy algebraic $Z^{d}$-actions which do not exhibit isomorphism rigidity property.

Local rigidity of higher rank non-abelian action on tours

In this paper, we show local smooth rigidity for higher rank ergodic nilpotent action by toral automorphisms and prove the existence of such action on any torus TN for any even N ? 6. We also give examples of smooth rigidity of actions having rank-one factors. The method is a generalization of the KAM (Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser) iterative scheme.

弱双曲性或无双曲性代数作用的局部刚性

Local rigidity of weak or no hyperbolicity algebraic actions

针对弱双曲或无双曲的阿贝尔代数作用，本文提出证明其 $C^\infty$ 局部刚性的通用策略，并首次建立半单李群齐性空间上一大类抛物作用的强局部刚性。

Local rigidity of homogeoenous actions of parabolic subgroups of rank-one Lie groups

We show the local rigidity of the natural action of the Borel subgroup of SO_+(n,1) on a cocompact quotient of SO_+(n,1) for n>2.

非极大环面作用的刚性、幂单定量回复与丢番图逼近

Rigidity of non-maximal torus actions, unipotent quantitative recurrence, and Diophantine approximations

本文通过沿幂单方向的定量回复方法，给出了高阶对角化作用在 $SL_2$ 形式算术商上正熵测度的分类及其 Adelic 版本，并应用于整数倍丢番图逼近问题。

Global rigidity of higher rank Anosov algebraic actions

We show that all $C^\infty$ Anosov $Z^r$-actions on tori and nilmanifolds without rank-one factor actions are, up to $C^\infty$ conjugacy, actions by automorphisms.

Transversal local rigidity of discrete Abelian actions on Heisenberg nilmanifolds

In this paper we prove a perturbative result for a class of $\mathbb Z^2$ actions on Heisenberg nilmanifolds, which have Diophantine properties. Along the way we prove cohomological rigidity and obtain a tame splitting for the cohomology with coefficients in smooth vector fields for such actions.

环面上部分双曲作用的若干等距扩张的刚性性质

Rigidity properties for some isometric extensions of partially hyperbolic actions on the torus

本文研究环面上部分双曲作用的等距扩张的局部刚性，证明了在扰动满足相交性质时的$C^\infty$局部刚性及体积保持作用类中的局部刚性，方法基于KAM迭代格式的推广。

Rigidity and flexibility of group actions on the circle

We survey rigidity results for groups acting on the circle in various settings, from local to global and $C^0$ to smooth. Our primary focus is on actions of surface groups, with the aim of introducing the reader to recent developments and new tools to study groups acting by homeomorphisms.

Local Rigidity of Partially Hyperbolic Actions

We consider partially hyperbolic abelian algebraic high-rank actions on compact homogeneous spaces obtained from simple indefinite orthogonal and unitary groups. In the first part of the paper, we show local differentiable rigidity for such actions. The conclusions are based on progress towards computations of the Schur multipliers of these non-split groups, which is the main aim of the second part.

Actions with globally hypoelliptic leafwise Laplacian and rigidity

We prove several results concerning smooth $\mathbb R^k$ actions with the property that their leafwise Laplacian is globally hypoelliptic. Such actions are necessarily uniquely ergodic and minimal, and cohomology is often finite-dimensional, even trivial. Further we consider a class of examples of $\mathbb R^2$ actions on 2-step nilmanifolds, which have globally hypoelliptic leafwise Laplacian, and we show transversal local rigidity under certain Diophantine conditions.

Cocycle rigidity of partially hyperbolic abelian actions with almost rank one factors

We extend the recent progress on the cocycle rigidity of partially hyperbolic homogeneous abelian actions to the setting with rank 1 factors in the universal cover. The method of proof relies on the periodic cycle functional and analysis of the cycle structure, but uses a new argument to give vanishing.

Rigidity of certain solvable actions on the sphere

An analog of the Baumslag-Solitar group BS(1,k) naturally acts on the sphere by conformal transformations. The action is not locally rigid in higher dimension, but exhibits a weak form of local rigidity. More precisely, any perturbation preserves a smooth conformal structure.

Local rigidity of certain actions of nilpotent-by-cyclic groups on the sphere

Let G = SU(n,1), n >1 be the orientation-preserving isometry group of the complex hyperbolic space with an Iwasawa decomposition G = KAN. We prove local rigidity of a family of certain actions of a subgroup of AN on the imaginary boundary of the complex hyperbolic space.

Global rigidity of certain abelian actions by toral automorphisms

We prove global rigidity results for some linear abelian actions on tori. The type of actions we deal with includes in particular maximal rank semisimple actions on $\T^N$.

Rigidity theorems for higher rank lattice actions

Let $Γ$ be a weakly irreducible higher rank lattice. In this paper, we will prove various rigidity results for the $Γ$-action following a philosophy of the Zimmer program. We provide new rigidity results including local and global rigidity of the $Γ$-action when $Γ$ does not have Property (T). The new ingredient is a dynamical cocycle super-rigidity theorem. It can be thought of as the generalization of Zimmer's cocycle super-rigidity theorem since it provides almost the same consequences dynamically and algebraically. This allows us to derive various our rigidity results using dynamical super…

代数作用II. 群oid刚性

Algebraic actions II. Groupoid rigidity

研究代数作用的局部变换群oid的刚性，证明在特定条件下，群oid的全局化作用可相互嵌入，尤其在代数数论中，群oid能保持初始作用的同构性，解决了一个关于Cartan对同构的问题。

Rigidity of measures invariant under the action of a multiplicative semigroup of polynomial growth on $\T$

We prove that if a Borel probability measure (μ) on (\T) is invariant under the action of a "large" multiplicative semigroup (lower logarithmic density is positive) and the action of the whole semigroup is ergodic then (μ) is either Lebesgue or has finite support.

Measure and cocycle rigidity for certain non-uniformly hyperbolic actions of higher rank abelian groups

We prove absolute continuity of "high entropy" hyperbolic invariant measures for smooth actions of higher rank abelian groups assuming that there are no proportional Lyapunov exponents. For actions on tori and infranilmanifolds existence of an absolutely continuous invariant measure of this kind is obtained for actions whose elements are homotopic to those of an action by hyperbolic automorphisms with no multiple or proportional Lyapunov exponents. In the latter case a form of rigidity is proved for certain natural classes of cocycles over the action.

KAM rigidity for partially hyperbolic affine Z^k actions on the torus with a rank one factor

We show that ergodic affine abelian discrete actions on the torus, that have a rank-one factor in their linear part, are locally rigid in a KAM sense if and only if the rank one factor is trivial and the action is higher-rank transversally to this factor. Since it has been proved by Damjanovic and Katok that affine actions with higher-rank linear part are locally rigid, our result completes the local rigidity picture for affine actions on the torus.

Smooth Factors of Projective Actions of Higher Rank Lattices and Rigidity

We study smooth factors of the standard actions of lattices in higher rank semisimple Lie groups on flag manifolds. Under a mild condition on existence of a single differentiable sink, we show that these factors are $C^{\infty}$-conjugate to the standard actions on flag manifolds.

Global smooth and topological rigidity of hyperbolic lattice actions

In this article we prove global rigidity results for hyperbolic actions of higher-rank lattices. Suppose $Γ$ is a lattice in semisimple Lie group, all of whose factors have rank $2$ or higher. Let $α$ be a smooth $Γ$-action on a compact nilmanifold $M$ that lifts to an action on the universal cover. If the linear data $ρ$ of $α$ contains a hyperbolic element, then there is a continuous semiconjugacy intertwining the actions of $α$ and $ρ$, on a finite-index subgroup of $Γ$. If $α$ is a $C^\infty$ action and contains an Anosov element, then the semiconjugacy is a $C^\infty$ conjugacy. As a coro…

Measure rigidity beyond uniform hyperbolicity: Invariant Measures for Cartan actions on Tori

We prove that every smooth action of Z^k, k>1, on the (k+1)-dimensional torus homotopic to an action by hyperbolic linear maps preserves an absolutely continuous measure. This is a first known result concerning abelian groups of diffeomorphisms where existence of an invariant geometric structure is obtained from homotopy data.

Local Rigidity of Higher Rank Homogeneous Abelian Actions: a Complete Solution via the Geometric Method

We show local and cocycle rigidity for $\R^k \times \Z^l$ partially hyperbolic translation actions on homogeneous spaces $\mc G/ Λ$. We consider a large class of actions whose geometric properties are more complicated than previously treated cases. It is also the first time that partially hyperbolic twisted symmetric space examples have been treated in the literature. The main new ingredient in the proof is a combination of geometric method and the theory of central extensions.

Rigidity of trivial actions of abelian-by-cyclic groups

Let $Γ_A$ denote the abelian-by-cyclic group associated to an integer-valued, non-singular matrix $A$. We show that if $A$ has no eigenvalues of modulus one, then there are no faithful $C^1$ perturbations of the trivial action $ ι: Γ_A \to \diff$, where $M$ is a compact manifold.

Some ergodic and rigidity properties of discrete Heisenberg group actions

The goal of this paper is to study ergodic and rigidity properties of smooth actions of the discrete Heisenberg group $\H$. We establish the decomposition of the tangent space of any $C^\infty$ compact Riemannian manifold $M$ for Lyapunov exponents, and show that all Lyapunov exponents for the center elements are zero. We obtain that if an $\H$ group action contains an Anosov element, then under certain conditions on the element, the center elements are of finite order. In particular there is no faithful codimensional one Anosov Heisenberg group action on any manifolds, and no faithful codimen…

Topological rigidity of automorphism actions on nilmanifolds

Suppose $X_{1}, X_{2}$ are nilmanifolds and $ρ, σ$ are automorphism actions of a discrete group $Γ$ on $X_{1}$ and $X_{2}$ respectively. We show that if $(X_{1},ρ)$ and $(X_{2}, σ)$ satisfy certain additional conditions then every $Γ$-equivariant continuous map from $(X_{1},ρ)$ to $(X_{2},σ)$ is an affine map.

Rigidity of real-analytic actions of $SL(n,\Z)$ on $\T^n$: A case of realization of Zimmer program

We prove that any real-analytic action of $SL(n,\Z), n\ge 3$ with standard homotopy data that preserves an ergodic measure $μ$ whose support is not contained in a ball, is analytically conjugate on an open invariant set to the standard linear action on the complement to a finite union of periodic orbits.

New Cases of Differential Rigidity for Non-Generic Partially Hyperbolic Actions

We prove the locally differentiable rigidity of generic partially hyperbolic abelian algebraic high-rank actions on compact homogeneous spaces obtained from split symplectic Lie groups. We also gave a non-generic action rigidity example on compact homogeneous spaces obtained from SL(2n,R) or SL(2n,C). The conclusions are based on geometric Katok-Damjanovic way and progress towards computations of the generating relations in these groups.

Isomorphism rigidity in entropy rank two

We study the rigidity properties of a class of algebraic Z^3-actions with entropy rank two. For this class, conditions are found which force an invariant measure to be the Haar measure on an affine subset. This is applied to show isomorphism rigidity for such actions, and to provide examples of non-isomorphic Z^3-actions with all their Z^2-sub-actions isomorphic. The proofs use lexicographic half-space entropies and total ergodicity along critical directions.

Rigidity of group actions on homogeneous spaces, III

Consider homogeneous G/H and G/F, for an S-algebraic group G. A lattice Γ acts on the left strictly conservatively. The following rigidity results are obtained: morphisms, factors and joinings defined apriori only in the measurable category are in fact algebraically constrained. Arguing in an elementary fashion we manage to classify all the measurable Φ commuting with the Γ-action: assuming ergodicity, we find they are algebraically defined.

KAM-rigidity for parabolic affine abelian actions

We show the following dichotomy for a linear parabolic $\mathbb Z^2$-action $ρ_L$ on the torus with at least one step-2 generator: (i) Any affine $\mathbb Z^2$-action with linear part $ρ_L$ has a $\mathbb Z$-factor that is either identity or genuinely parabolic, and is thus not KAM-rigid, or (ii) Almost every affine $\mathbb Z^2$-action with linear part $ρ_L$ is KAM-rigid under volume preserving perturbations.

高阶部分双曲代数作用的局部刚性

Local rigidity of higher rank partially hyperbolic algebraic actions

本研究结合表示论、调和分析与KAM迭代，完整解决高阶部分双曲代数作用局部分类问题，证明多类阿贝尔遍历代数作用的$C^\infty$局部刚性，首次得到非可达部分双曲作用及带非阿贝尔幂零根基扭空间的相关新结果。

Rigidity for higher rank lattice actions on dendrites

We study the rigidity in the sense of Zimmer for higher rank lattice actions on dendrites and show that: (1) if $Γ$ is a higher rank lattice and $X$ is a nondegenerate dendrite with no infinite order points, then any action of $Γ$ on $X$ cannot be almost free; (2) if $Γ$ is further a finite index subgroup of $SL_n(\mathbb Z)$ with $n\geq 3$, then every action of $Γ$ on $X$ has a nontrivial almost finite subsystem. During the proof, we get a new characterization of the left-orderability of a finitely generated group through its actions on dendrites.

First cohomology, rigidity and deformations of isometric group actions

There is an error in the proof of Theorem 1.1 that invalidates proofs of other theorems. Theorem 1.5 is unaffected.

First cohomology and local rigidity of group actions

There is an error in the proof of Proposition 3.7. Proposition 3.7 is needed for the proof of the main theorem.

某些具有1维中心的部 分双曲阿贝尔作用的全局刚性

Global rigidity for some partially hyperbolic abelian actions with 1-dimensional center

本文证明了某些2步幂流形上阿贝尔部分双曲高秩作用的全局刚性，即所有此类作用均光滑共轭于仿射模型，并由此分类了小扰动下的中心化子。

Rigidity for group actions on homogeneous spaces by affine transformations

We give a criterion for the rigidity of actions on homogeneous spaces. Let $G$ be a real Lie group, $Λ$ a lattice in $G$, and $Γ$ a subgroup of the affine group Aff$(G)$ stabilizing $Λ$. Then the action of $Γ$ on $G/Λ$ has the rigidity property in the sense of S. Popa, if and only if the induced action of $Γ$ on $\mathbb{P}(\frak{g})$ admits no $Γ$-invariant probability measure, where $\frak{g}$ is the Lie algebra of $G$. This generalizes results of M. Burger, and A. Ioana and Y. Shalom. As an application, we establish rigidity for the action of a class of groups acting by automorphisms on nil…

Local rigidity of certain actions of solvable groups on the boundaries of rank one symmetric spaces

Let $G$ be the group of orientation-preserving isometries of a rank-one symmetric space $X$ of non-compact type. We study local rigidity of certain actions of a solvable subgroup $Γ\subset G$ on the boundary of $X$, which is diffeomorphic to a sphere. When $X$ is a quaternionic hyperbolic space or the Cayley hyperplane, the action we constructed is locally rigid.

Global rigidity for totally nonsymplectic Anosov Z^k actions

We consider a totally nonsymplectic Anosov action of Z^k which is either uniformly quasiconformal or pinched on each coarse Lyapunov distribution. We show that such an action on a torus is C^\infty--conjugate to an action by affine automorphisms. We also obtain similar global rigidity results for actions on an arbitrary compact manifold assuming that the coarse Lyapunov foliations are jointly integrable.

Local Rigidity for Simultaneous Diophantine Translations on Tori of Arbitrary Dimension

We show that a smooth sufficiently small perturbation of a $\mathbb Z^m$ action on the torus by simultaneously Diophantine translations, is smoothly conjugate to the unperturbed action under a natural condition on the rotation sets. This generalizes recent result of Karaliolios [4] of the action generators to higher rank abelian actions, and the result of Moser [8] to higher dimensional tori.

Cocycle Rigidity and Splitting for some Discrete Parabolic Actions

We prove trivialization of the first cohomology with coefficients in smooth vector fields, for a class of $\mathbb Z^2$ parabolic actions on $(SL(2, \mathbb R)\times SL(2, \mathbb R))/Γ$, where the lattice $Γ$ is irreducible and co-compact. We also obtain a splitting construction involving first and second coboundary operators in the cohomology with coefficients in smooth vector fields.

Stabilizer Rigidity in Irreducible Group Actions

We consider irreducible actions of locally compact product groups, and of higher rank semi-simple Lie groups. Using the intermediate factor theorems of Bader-Shalom and Nevo-Zimmer, we show that the action stabilizers, and all irreducible invariant random subgroups, are co-amenable in their normal closure. As a consequence, we derive rigidity results on irreducible actions that generalize and strengthen the results of Bader-Shalom and Stuck-Zimmer.

Rigidity properties for commuting automorphisms on tori and solenoids

Assuming positive entropy we prove a measure rigidity theorem for higher rank actions on tori and solenoids by commuting automorphisms. We also apply this result to obtain a complete classification of disjointness and measurable factors for these actions.

高秩格群的边界作用：低维下的分类与嵌入、局部刚性、光滑因子

Boundary actions by higher-rank lattices: Classification and embedding in low dimensions, local rigidity, smooth factors

本文研究了高秩格群在紧流形上的作用，通过分类相关不变测度推导出新的刚性结果，证明了低维作用共轭于边界作用，并验证了标准边界作用的局部刚性及光滑因子的分类。

Characteristic free measure rigidity for the action of solvable groups on homogeneous spaces

We classify measures on a homogeneous space which are invariant under a certain solvable subgroup and ergodic under its unipotent radical. Our treatment is independent of characteristic. As a result we get the first measure classification for the action of semisimple subgroups without any characteristic restriction.

Local Rigidity of group actions: Past, Present, Future

This survey aims to cover the motivation for and history of the study of local rigidity of group actions. There is a particularly detailed discussion of recent results, including outlines of some proofs. The article ends with a large number of conjectures and open questions and aims to point to interesting directions for future research. {\em To Anatole Katok on the occasion of his 60th birthday.}

Weak containment rigidity for distal actions

We prove that if a measure distal action $α$ of a countable group $Γ$ is weakly contained in a strongly ergodic probability measure preserving action $β$ of $Γ$, then $α$ is a factor of $β$. In particular, this applies when $α$ is a compact action. As a consequence, we show that the weak equivalence class of any strongly ergodic action completely remembers the weak isomorphism class of the maximal distal factor arising in the Furstenberg-Zimmer Structure Theorem.

Vanishing of cohomology and parameter rigidity of actions of solvable Lie groups

We give a sufficient condition for parameter rigidity of actions of solvable Lie groups, by vanishing of (uncountably many) first cohomologies of the orbit foliations. In some cases, we can prove that vanishing of finitely many cohomologies is sufficient. For this purpose we use a rigidity property of quasiisometry. As an application we prove some actions of 2-step solvable Lie groups on mapping tori are parameter rigid. Special cases of these actions are considered in a paper of Matsumoto and Mitsumatsu. We also remark on the relation between transitive locally free actions of solvable Lie gr…

曲面群在圆周上作用的刚性与几何性

Rigidity and geometricity for surface group actions on the circle

本文证明了曲面基本群到圆周保向同胚群的刚性表示必为几何表示，从而给出了第一作者相关定理的逆命题。

Global Rigidity of Higher Rank Anosov Actions on Tori and Nilmanifolds

We show that sufficiently irreducible Anosov actions of higher rank abelian groups on tori and nilmanifolds are smoothly conjugate to affine actions.

Rigidity for $C^1$ actions on the interval arising from hyperbolicity I: solvable groups

We consider Abelian-by-cyclic groups for which the cyclic factor acts by hyperbolic automorphisms on the Abelian subgroup. We show that if such a group acts faithfully by $C^1$ diffeomorphisms of the closed interval with no global fixed point at the interior, then the action is topologically conjugated to that of an affine group. Moreover, in case of non-Abelian image, we show a rigidity result concerning the multipliers of the homotheties, despite the fact that the conjugacy is not necessarily smooth. Some consequences for non-solvable groups are proposed. In particular, we give new proofs/ex…

Cocycle rigidity of abelian partially hyperbolic actions

Suppose $G$ is a higher-rank connected semisimple Lie group with finite center and without compact factors. Let $\mathbb{G}=G$ or $\mathbb{G}=G\ltimes V$, where $V$ is a finite dimensional vector space $V$. For any unitary representation $(π,\mathcal{H})$ of $\GG$, we study the twisted cohomological equation $π(a)f-λf=g$ for partially hyperbolic element $a\in \mathbb{G}$ and $λ\in U(1)$, as well as the twisted cocycle equation $π(a_1)f-λ_1f=π(a_2)g-λ_2 g$ for commuting partially hyperbolic elements $a_1,\,a_2\in \mathbb{G}$. We characterize the obstructions to solving these equations, construc…

Rigidity, weak mixing, and recurrence in abelian groups

The focus of this paper is the phenomenon of rigidity for measure-preserving actions of countable discrete abelian groups and its interactions with weak mixing and recurrence. We prove that results about $\mathbb{Z}$-actions extend to this setting: 1. If $(a_n)$ is a rigidity sequence for an ergodic measure-preserving system, then it is a rigidity sequence for some weakly mixing system. 2. There exists a sequence $(r_n)$ such that every translate is both a rigidity sequence and a set of recurrence. The first of these results was shown for $\mathbb{Z}$-actions by Adams, Fayad and Thouvenot, and…