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Local-to-Global-rigidity of lattices in $SL_n(\mathbb{K})$

Group Theory 2023-01-05 v3 Metric Geometry

Abstract

A vertex-transitive graph G\mathcal{G} is called Local-to-Global rigid if there exists R>0R>0 such that every other graph whose balls of radius RR are isometric to the balls of radius RR in G\mathcal{G} is covered by G\mathcal{G}. An example of such a graph is given by the Bruhat-Tits building of PSLn(K)PSL_n(\mathbb{K}) with n4n\geq 4 and K\mathbb{K} a non-Archimedean local field of characteristic zero.. In this paper we extend this rigidity property to a class of graphs quasi-isometric to the building including torsion-free lattices of SLn(K)SL_n(\mathbb{K}). The demonstration is the occasion to prove a result on the local structure of the building. We show that if we fix a PSLn(K)PSL_n(\mathbb{K})-orbit in it, then a vertex is uniquely determined by the neighbouring vertices in this orbit.

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@article{arxiv.2008.07250,
  title  = {Local-to-Global-rigidity of lattices in $SL_n(\mathbb{K})$},
  author = {Amandine Escalier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.07250},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

35 pages, 12 figures. (Changes in v3: typos corrected. .tex files now available. Published in Annales de l'institut Fourier.)