Abstract
Consider the action of \(SL(n+1,\mathbb{R})\) on \(\mathbb{S}^n\) arising as the quotient of the linear action on \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\setminus\{0\}\). We show that for a semigroup \(\mathfrak{S}\) of \(SL(n+1,\mathbb{R})\), the following are equivalent: \((1)\) \(\mathfrak{S}\) acts distally on the unit sphere \(\mathbb{S}^n\). \((2)\) the closure of \(\mathfrak{S}\) is a compact group. We also show that if \(\mathfrak{S}\) is closed, the above conditions are equivalent to the condition that every cyclic subsemigroup of \(\mathfrak{S}\) acts distally on \(\mathbb{S}^n\). On the unit circle \(\mathbb{S}^1\), we consider the ‘affine’ actions corresponding to maps in \(GL(2,\mathbb{R})\) and discuss the conditions for the existence of fixed points and periodic points, which in turn imply that these maps are not distal.
Citation
Riddhi Shah. Alok K. Yadav. "Dynamics of Certain Distal Actions on Spheres." Real Anal. Exchange 44 (1) 77 - 88, 2019. https://doi.org/10.14321/realanalexch.44.1.0077
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