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Invariant random subgroups of the free group

Dynamical Systems 2014-04-16 v6 Group Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a locally compact group. A random closed subgroup with conjugation-invariant law is called an {\em invariant random subgroup} or IRS for short. We show that each nonabelian free group has a large "zoo" of IRS's. This contrasts with results of Stuck-Zimmer which show that there are no non-obvious IRS's of higher rank semisimple Lie groups with property (T).

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@article{arxiv.1204.5939,
  title  = {Invariant random subgroups of the free group},
  author = {Lewis Bowen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5939},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

This is probably the final version. It fixes a few minor typos and provides a little more explanation than the previous version