## Duke Mathematical Journal

### On Livšic’s theorem, superrigidity, and Anosov actions of semisimple Lie groups

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 88, Number 1 (1997), 1-27.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077241397

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-97-08801-3

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1448015

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0879.22004

#### Citation

Goetze, Edward R.; Spatzier, Ralf J. On Livšic’s theorem, superrigidity, and Anosov actions of semisimple Lie groups. Duke Math. J. 88 (1997), no. 1, 1--27. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-97-08801-3. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077241397

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