(1) Mathematics Department, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Abstract:
We classify the ergodic invariant Radon measures for horocycle flows on d–covers of compact Riemannian surfaces of negative curvature, thus proving a conjecture of M. Babillot and F. Ledrappier. An important tool is a result in the ergodic theory of equivalence relations concerning the reduction of the range of a cocycle by the addition of a coboundary. Dedicated to the memory of M. Babillot