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Limits of definable families and dilations in nilmanifolds

Logic 2024-06-28 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let GG be a unipotent group and F={Ft:t(0,)}\mathcal F=\{F_t:t\in (0,\infty)\} a family of subsets of GG, with F\mathcal F definable in an o-minimal expansion of the real field. Given a lattice ΓG\Gamma\subseteq G, we study the possible Hausdorff limits of π(F)\pi(\mathcal F) in G/ΓG/\Gamma as tt tends to \infty (here π:GG/Γ\pi:G\to G/\Gamma is the canonical projection). Towards a solution, we associate to F\mathcal F finitely many real algebraic subgroups LGL\subseteq G, and, uniformly in Γ\Gamma, determine if the only Hausdorff limit at \infty is G/ΓG/\Gamma, depending on whether LΓ=GL^\Gamma=G or not. The special case of polynomial dilations of a definable set is treated in details.

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@article{arxiv.2406.19160,
  title  = {Limits of definable families and dilations in nilmanifolds},
  author = {Ya'acov Peterzil and Sergei Starchenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.19160},
  year   = {2024}
}