Rigidity Phenomena of Group Actions on a Class of Nilmanifolds and Anosov R^n Actions
An action of a group Г on a manifold M is a homomorphism ρ from Г to Diff(M). ρo is locally rigid if the nearby homomorphism ρ, ρ(γ) = h o ρ0, (γ) 0h^(-1) for some h Є Diff(M) and for all, γ Є Г. In other words, ρ0 is isolated from other actions up to a smooth conjugation. In this thesis we stu...