Uniform Distribution Theory
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Journal

Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 15, Issue 2


Published
on

July 14, 2020


Pages

23-38


DOI

Article

Word Metric, Stationary Measure and Minkowski’s Question Mark Function

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Authors

Uriya Pumerantz Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Tel Aviv University 69978 Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL


Abstract

Given a countably infinite group G acting on some space X, an increasing family of finite subsets Gn, x ∈ X and a function f over X we con- sider the sums Sn(f, x) = g∈Gn f (gx). The asymptotic behaviour of Sn(f, x) is a delicate problem that was studied under various settings. In the following paper we study this problem when G is a specific lattice in SL (2,) acting on the projective line and Gn are chosen using the word metric. The asymptotic distri- bution is calculated and shown to be tightly connected to Minkowski’s question mark function. We proceed to show that the limit distribution is stationary with respect to a random walk on G defined by a specific measure µ. We further prove a stronger result stating that the asymptotic distribution is the limit point for any probability measure over X pushed forward by the convolution power µ∗n.


Keywords

Stationary measure, Minkowski’s question matk function, Word metric, Lattice.


Citation

Pumerantz, U. (2020). Word metric, stationary measure and minkowski’s question mark function. Uniform Distribution Theory, 15(2), 23–38. https://doi.org/10.2478/udt-2020-0009

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