Ergodic solenoids and generalized currents.

Abstract

We introduce the concept of solenoid as an abstract laminated space. We do a thorough study of solenoids, leading to the notion of ergodic and uniquely ergodic solenoids. We define generalized currents associated with immersions of oriented solenoids endowed with a transversal measure into smooth manifolds, generalizing Ruelle-Sullivan currents.