Rigidity of center Lyapunov exponents and $su$-integrability

Abstract

Let $f$ be a conservative partially hyperbolic diffeomorphism, which is homotopic to an Anosov automorphism $A$ on ${\mathbb{T}}^3$. We show that the stable and unstable bundles of $f$ are jointly integrable if and only if every periodic point of $f$ admits the same center Lyapunov exponent with $A$. This implies every conservative partially hyperbolic diffeomorphism, which is homotopic to an Anosov automorphism on ${\mathbb{T}}^3$, is ergodic. This proves the Ergodic Conjecture proposed by Hertz–Hertz–Ures on ${\mathbb{T}}^3$.