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Absolute profinite rigidity and hyperbolic geometry

Geometric Topology 2020-08-12 v2 Group Theory Number Theory

Abstract

We construct arithmetic Kleinian groups that are profinitely rigid in the absolute sense: each is distinguished from all other finitely generated, residually finite groups by its set of finite quotients. The Bianchi group PSL(2,Z[ω])\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z}[\omega]) with ω2+ω+1=0\omega^2+\omega+1=0 is rigid in this sense. Other examples include the non-uniform lattice of minimal co-volume in PSL(2,C)\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb{C}) and the fundamental group of the Weeks manifold (the closed hyperbolic 33-manifold of minimal volume).

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@article{arxiv.1811.04394,
  title  = {Absolute profinite rigidity and hyperbolic geometry},
  author = {M. R. Bridson and D. B. McReynolds and A. W. Reid and R. Spitler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.04394},
  year   = {2020}
}

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v2: 35 pages. Final version. To appear in the Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 192, no. 3, November 2020

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