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Under certain conditions the weak mixing of a translation onG/Γ implies that the action of an associated subgroup ofG onG/Γ is uniquely ergodic. This result generalizes earlier theorems of Furstenberg and Veech.
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Partially supported by the Sloan Foundation and NSF GP-14519.
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Bowen, R. Weak mixing and unique ergodicity on homogeneous spaces. Israel J. Math. 23, 267–273 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02761804
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