Harmonic measures and rigidity for surface group actions on the circle

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Main Authors: Adachi, Masanori, Matsuda, Yoshifumi, Nozawa, Hiraku
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Published: 2022
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author Adachi, Masanori
Matsuda, Yoshifumi
Nozawa, Hiraku
author_facet Adachi, Masanori
Matsuda, Yoshifumi
Nozawa, Hiraku
contents We study rigidity properties of actions of a torsion-free lattice of $\operatorname{PSU}(1,1)$ on the circle $S^1$. We follow the approaches of Frankel and Thurston proposed in preprints via foliated harmonic measures on the suspension bundles. Our main results are a curvature estimate and a Gauss--Bonnet formula for the $S^1$ connection obtained by taking the average of the flat connection with respect to a harmonic measure. As consequences, we give a precise description of the harmonic measure on suspension foliations with maximal Euler number and an alternative proof of rigidity theorems of Matsumoto and Burger--Iozzi--Wienhard.
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spellingShingle Harmonic measures and rigidity for surface group actions on the circle
Adachi, Masanori
Matsuda, Yoshifumi
Nozawa, Hiraku
Geometric Topology
Complex Variables
Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
We study rigidity properties of actions of a torsion-free lattice of $\operatorname{PSU}(1,1)$ on the circle $S^1$. We follow the approaches of Frankel and Thurston proposed in preprints via foliated harmonic measures on the suspension bundles. Our main results are a curvature estimate and a Gauss--Bonnet formula for the $S^1$ connection obtained by taking the average of the flat connection with respect to a harmonic measure. As consequences, we give a precise description of the harmonic measure on suspension foliations with maximal Euler number and an alternative proof of rigidity theorems of Matsumoto and Burger--Iozzi--Wienhard.
title Harmonic measures and rigidity for surface group actions on the circle
topic Geometric Topology
Complex Variables
Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.08411