Moebius rigidity of invariant metrics in boundaries of symmetric spaces of rank 1

Abstract

Let $\partial{\bf H}^n_{\mathbb K}$ denote the boundary of a symmetric space of rank-one and of non-compact type and let $d_{\mathfrak{H}}$ be the Kor\'anyi metric defined in $\partial{\bf H}^n_{\mathbb K}$. We prove that if $d$ is a metric on $\partial{\bf H}^n_{\mathbb K}$ such that all Heisenberg similarities are $d$-M\"obius maps, then under a topological condition $d$ is a constant multiple of a power of $d_{\mathfrak{H}}$.Comment: Third version, 13 pages. Contains simpler and shortened proof