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Invariant random subgroups of linear groups

Group Theory 2016-01-25 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let Γ<GLn(F)\Gamma < \mathrm{GL}_n(F) be a countable non-amenable linear group with a simple, center free Zariski closure, Sub(Γ)\mathrm{Sub}(\Gamma) the space of all subgroups of Γ\Gamma with the, compact, metric, Chabauty topology. An invariant random subgroup (IRS) of Γ\Gamma is a conjugation invariant Borel probability measure on Sub(Γ)\mathrm{Sub}(\Gamma). An IRS\mathrm{IRS} is called nontrivial if it does not have an atom in the trivial group, i.e. if it is nontrivial almost surely. We denote by IRS0(Γ)\mathrm{IRS}^{0}(\Gamma) the collection of all nontrivial IRS\mathrm{IRS} on Γ\Gamma. We show that there exits a free subgroup F<ΓF < \Gamma and a non-discrete group topology St\mathrm{St} on Γ\Gamma such that for every μIRS0(Γ)\mu \in \mathrm{IRS}^{0}(\Gamma) the following properties hold: (i) μ\mu-almost every subgroup of Γ\Gamma is open. (ii) FΔ=ΓF \cdot \Delta = \Gamma for μ\mu-almost every ΔSub(Γ)\Delta \in \mathrm{Sub}(\Gamma). (iii) FΔF \cap \Delta is infinitely generated, for every open subgroup. (iv) The map Φ:(Sub(Γ),μ)(Sub(F),Φμ)\Phi: (\mathrm{Sub}(\Gamma),\mu) \rightarrow (\mathrm{Sub}(F),\Phi_* \mu) given by ΔΔF\Delta \mapsto \Delta \cap F, is an FF-invariant isomorphism of probability spaces. We say that an action of Γ\Gamma on a probability space, by measure preserving transformations, is almost surely non free (ASNF) if almost all point stabilizers are non-trivial. As a corollary of the above theorem we show that the product of finitely many ANSF Γ\Gamma-spaces, with the diagonal Γ\Gamma action, is ASNF. Let Γ<GLn(F)\Gamma < \mathrm{GL}_n(F) be a countable linear group, AΓA \lhd \Gamma the maximal normal amenable subgroup of Γ\Gamma. We show that if μIRS(Γ)\mu \in \mathrm{IRS}(\Gamma) is supported on amenable subgroups of Γ\Gamma then in fact it is supported on Sub(A)\mathrm{Sub}(A). In particular if A(Γ)=eA(\Gamma) = \langle e \rangle then Δ=e,μ\Delta = \langle e \rangle, \mu almost surely.

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@article{arxiv.1407.2872,
  title  = {Invariant random subgroups of linear groups},
  author = {Tsachik Gelander and Yair Glasner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.2872},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Main article by Yair Glasner with an appendix by Tsachik Gelander and Yair Glasner. 41 pages 5 figures

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