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Ergodic theory, semisimple lie groups, and foliations by manifolds of negative curvature

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    Robert J. Zimmer (Sloan Foundation Fellow)

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Research partially supported by NSF Grant MCS-8004026.

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Zimmer, R.J. Ergodic theory, semisimple lie groups, and foliations by manifolds of negative curvature. Publications Mathématiques de L’Institut des Hautes Scientifiques 55, 37–62 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02698694

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