Abstract
We generalize Bourgain-Lindenstrauss-Michel-Venkatesh's recent one-dimensional quantitative density result to abelian algebraic actions of rank at least 2 on higher dimensional tori. Up to finite index, the group actions that we study are conjugate to the action of UK, the group of units of some non-CM number field K, on a compact quotient of. In such a setting, we investigate how fast the orbit of a generic point can become dense in the torus. This effectivizes a special case of a theorem of Berend; and is deduced from a parallel measure-theoretical statement which effectivizes a special case of a result by Katok-Spatzier. In addition, we specify two numerical invariants of the group action that determine the quantitative behavior, which have number-theoretical significance.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3744-3821 |
| Number of pages | 78 |
| Journal | International Mathematics Research Notices |
| Volume | 2011 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Mathematics