Orbits of euclidean frames under discrete linear groups

Abstract

We obtain certain sufficient conditions for the orbit of a (euclidean)p-frame over a vector spaceV,p<dimV, under the action of a discrete subgroup of GL(V), to be dense in the corresponding orbit of a Lie subgroup of GL(V). Using the result we classify thep-frames whose orbits under SL (n,Z) are dense in the space ofp-frames and deduce, in turn, a classification of dense orbits of certain horospherical flows. A similar result is obtained for Sp (2n,Z) forp≤ n.