On the dynamics of the linear action of SL(n, Z)

Abstract

Using Moore's ergodicity theorem, S.G. Dani and S. Raghavan proved that the linear action of SL(n, ℤ) on ℝn is topologically (n − l)-transitive; that is, topologically transitive on the Cartesian product of n − 1 copies of ℝn. In this paper, we give a more direct proof, using the prime number theorem. Further, using the congruence subgroup theorem, we generalise the result to arbitrary finite index subgroups of SL(n, ℤ).