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On the dynamics of the linear action of SL(n, Z)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Grant Cairns  and
Anthony Nielsen
Grant Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic 3086, Australia, e-mail: G.Cairns@latrobe.edu.au, A.Nielsen@latrobe.edu.au
Anthony Nielsen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic 3086, Australia, e-mail: G.Cairns@latrobe.edu.au, A.Nielsen@latrobe.edu.au
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Using Moore's ergodicity theorem, S.G. Dani and S. Raghavan proved that the linear action of SL(n, ℤ) on ℝn is topologically (n − l)-transitive; that is, topologically transitive on the Cartesian product of n − 1 copies of ℝn. In this paper, we give a more direct proof, using the prime number theorem. Further, using the congruence subgroup theorem, we generalise the result to arbitrary finite index subgroups of SL(n, ℤ).

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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , June 2005 , pp. 359 - 365
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2005

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