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Livšic theorems for non-commutative groups including diffeomorphism groups and results on the existence of conformal structures for Anosov systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2009

RAFAEL DE LA LLAVE  and
ALISTAIR WINDSOR
RAFAEL DE LA LLAVE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1200, Austin, TX 78712, USA (email: llave@math.utexas.edu)
ALISTAIR WINDSOR
Affiliation:
373 Dunn Hall, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-3240, USA (email: awindsor@memphis.edu)
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Abstract

The celebrated Livšic theorem [A. N. Livšic, Certain properties of the homology of Y-systems, Mat. Zametki 10 (1971), 555–564; A. N. Livšic, Cohomology of dynamical systems, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 36 (1972), 1296–1320] states that given a manifold M, a Lie group G, a transitive Anosov diffeomorphism f on M and a Hölder function η:M↦G whose range is sufficiently close to the identity, it is sufficient for the existence of ϕ:M↦G satisfying η(x)=ϕ(f(x))ϕ(x)−1 that a condition—obviously necessary—on the cocycle generated by η restricted to periodic orbits is satisfied. In this paper we present a new proof of the main result. These methods allow us to treat cocycles taking values in the group of diffeomorphisms of a compact manifold. This has applications to rigidity theory. The localization procedure we develop can be applied to obtain some new results on the existence of conformal structures for Anosov systems.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 1055 - 1100
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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