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Directions in orbits of geometrically finite hyperbolic subgroups
- Source :
- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 171:277-316
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- We prove a theorem describing the limiting fine-scale statistics of orbits of a point in hyperbolic space under the action of a discrete subgroup. Similar results have been proved only in the lattice case, with two recent infinite-volume exceptions by Zhang for Apollonian circle packings and certain Schottky groups. Our results hold for general Zariski dense, non-elementary, geometrically finite subgroups in any dimension. Unlike in the lattice case, orbits of geometrically finite subgroups do not necessarily equidistribute on the whole boundary of hyperbolic space. But rather, they may equidistribute on a fractal subset. Understanding the behaviour of these orbits near the boundary is central to Patterson-Sullivan theory and much further work. Our theorem characterizes the higher order spatial statistics and thus addresses a very natural question. As a motivating example our work applies to sphere packings (in any dimension) which are invariant under the action of such discrete subgroups. At the end of the paper we show how this statistical characterization can be used to prove convergence of moments and to write down the limiting formula for the two-point correlation function and nearest neighbor distribution. Moreover we establish an formula for the 2 dimensional limiting gap distribution (and cumulative gap distribution) which was not known previously even in the lattice case.<br />33 pages, 1 figure; Accepted for Publication in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Subjects :
- Pure mathematics
Mathematics - Number Theory
Distribution (number theory)
Discrete group
General Mathematics
Hyperbolic space
010102 general mathematics
Boundary (topology)
Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
Lattice (discrete subgroup)
01 natural sciences
Correlation function (statistical mechanics)
Fractal
0103 physical sciences
FOS: Mathematics
Number Theory (math.NT)
010307 mathematical physics
Mathematics - Dynamical Systems
0101 mathematics
Invariant (mathematics)
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14698064 and 03050041
- Volume :
- 171
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....346853361f389447f25b6619b6d931d5