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First order rigidity of non-uniform higher rank arithmetic lattices

Group Theory 2017-09-11 v1 Logic

Abstract

If Γ\Gamma is an irreducible non-uniform higher-rank characteristic zero arithmetic lattice (for example, SLn(Z)SL_n(\mathbb{Z}), n3n \geq 3) and Λ\Lambda is a finitely generated group that is elementarily equivalent to Γ\Gamma, then Λ\Lambda is isomorphic to Γ\Gamma.

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@article{arxiv.1709.02766,
  title  = {First order rigidity of non-uniform higher rank arithmetic lattices},
  author = {Nir Avni and Alexander Lubotzky and Chen Meiri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.02766},
  year   = {2017}
}

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