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Criterion for Finiteness of BMS Measure

Pathways Workshop: Topological and Geometric Structures in Low Dimensions & Geometry and Dynamics for Discrete Subgroups of Higher Rank Lie Groups January 21, 2026 - January 23, 2026

January 22, 2026 (03:30 PM PST - 04:30 PM PST)
Speaker(s): Rou Wen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium, Online/Virtual
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Criterion for Finiteness of BMS Measure

Abstract

In many useful settings, having a finite BMS measure on a flow space allows people to normalize the BMS measure into a probability measure and facilitates powerful ergodic theoretic tools. This often leads to asymptotic estimates for counting orbital points and establishing equidistribution results. Hence, it is important to know when a dynamical system admits a finite BMS measure. In this talk, I will introduce the criterion for the finiteness of BMS measure on the unit tangent bundle of a negatively curved manifold introduced by Pit-Schapira. If time permits, I will also present my recent work that extends this criterion to the setting of discrete subgroups of higher rank semisimple Lie groups.

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