Type: Article
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Citations: 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5802/aif.1665
Let G be an ℝ-algebraic semisimple group, H an algebraic ℝ-subgroup, and Γ a lattice in G. Partially answering a question posed by Hillel Furstenberg in 1972, we prove that if the action of H on G/Γ is minimal, then it is uniquely ergodic. Our proof uses in an essential way Marina Ratner’s classification of probability measures on G/Γ invariant under unipotent elements, and the study of “tubes” in G/Γ.