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Dirichlet domains for Anosov subgroups

Geometric Topology 2026-05-12 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

We introduce a sufficient condition for a finitely generated subgroup Γ\Gamma of a semisimple Lie group GG to admit finite-sided Dirichlet domains for polyhedral Finsler metrics on the symmetric space G/KG/K. The condition always implies the Θ\Theta-Anosov condition for some Θ\Theta, and can be arranged to be equivalent to the Θ\Theta-Anosov condition when GG is simple and Θ\Theta is the set of long roots or the set of short roots. The Dirichlet domain we obtain extends to a fundamental domain for the action of Γ\Gamma on a domain of discontinuity in a flag manifold. For instance, Borel Anosov subgroups of SL(d,R)\mathrm{SL}(d,\mathbb{R}) have finite-sided Dirichlet domains for the Hilbert metric on the symmetric space which extends to the space of line-hyperplane flags, and nn-Anosov subgroups of Sp(2n,R)\mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{R}) have finite-sided Dirichlet-Selberg domains in SL(2n,R)/SO(2n)\mathrm{SL}(2n,\mathbb{R})/\mathrm{SO}(2n) which extend to a domain in projective space bounded by quadrics.

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@article{arxiv.2402.06408,
  title  = {Dirichlet domains for Anosov subgroups},
  author = {Colin Davalo and J. Maxwell Riestenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.06408},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

43 pages, 6 figures. Two illustrations of the domains have been added. The exposition has been substantially improved with the help of the referee's suggestions

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