Cassels–Swinnerton-Dyer–Margulis conjecture on bounded diagonal orbits

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Let DD be the diagonal group of SL⁡n(R)\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{R}) where n≥3n\ge 3. A DD-orbit in SL⁡n(R)/SL⁡n(Z)\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{R})/\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z}) is relatively compact when its closure is compact. Cassels–Swinnerton-Dyer–Margulis conjecture. Any relatively compact DD-orbit in SL⁡n(R)/SL⁡n(Z)\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{R})/\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z}) is closed.

This conjecture concerns topological rigidity of diagonal actions on homogeneous spaces and was posed by Cassels and Swinnerton-Dyer for n=3n=3 and by Margulis in general. Its status is not specified in the supplied text.

References

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Qianlin Huang and Ronggang Shi, “Bounded diagonal orbits in homogeneous spaces over function fields”, arXiv:2504.17644 (2025).

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