Dynamical Systems and Semisimple Groups: An Introduction

Preface 1. Topological dynamics 2. Ergodic theory - part I 3. Smooth actions and Lie theory 4. Algebraic actions 5. The classical groups 6. Geometric structures 7. Semisimple Lie groups 8. Ergodic theory - part II 9. Oseledec's theorem 10. Rigidity theorems Appendix: Lattices in SL(n, R) References Index.