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Actions of higher rank groups on uniformly convex Banach spaces

Group Theory 2023-03-09 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We prove that all isometric actions of higher rank simple Lie groups and their lattices on arbitrary uniformly convex Banach spaces have a fixed point. This vastly generalises a recent breakthrough of Oppenheim. Combined with earlier work of Lafforgue and of Liao on strong Banach property (T) for non-Archimedean higher rank simple groups, this confirms a long-standing conjecture of Bader, Furman, Gelander and Monod. As a consequence, we deduce that sequences of Cayley graphs of finite quotients of a higher rank lattice are super-expanders.

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@article{arxiv.2303.01405,
  title  = {Actions of higher rank groups on uniformly convex Banach spaces},
  author = {Tim de Laat and Mikael de la Salle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.01405},
  year   = {2023}
}

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30 pages ; minor changes in v2