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Action Dimension of Lattices in Euclidean Buildings

Geometric Topology 2018-10-24 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

The action dimension of a group G is the minimal dimension of a contractible manifold that G acts on properly discontinuously. We show that if G acts properly and cocompactly on a thick Euclidean building, then the action dimension is bounded below by twice the dimension of the building. We also compute the action dimension of S-arithmetic groups over number fields, partially answering a question of Bestvina, Kapovich, and Kleiner.

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@article{arxiv.1703.00616,
  title  = {Action Dimension of Lattices in Euclidean Buildings},
  author = {Kevin Schreve},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.00616},
  year   = {2018}
}

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15 pages, 2 figures