%0 Journal Article %T Can lattices in SL(n,R) act on the circle? %A Dave Witte Morris %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %X This expository paper describes the various methods that have yielded partial results on the conjecture that if n > 2, then no lattice in SL(n,R) has a faithful action on the circle (by homeomorphisms). Topics include amenability, Kazhdan's property (T), bounded cohomology, bounded generation, and the Reeb-Thurston Stability Theorem. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0051v3