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Quasi-isometric embeddings of non-uniform lattices

Group Theory 2017-05-23 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let GG and GG' be simple Lie groups of equal real rank and real rank at least 22. Let Γ<G\Gamma <G and Λ<G\Lambda < G' be non-uniform lattices. We prove a theorem that often implies that any quasi-isometric embedding of Γ\Gamma into Λ\Lambda is at bounded distance from a homomorphism. For example, any quasi-isometric embedding of SL(n,Z)SL(n,\mathbb Z) into SL(n,Z[i])SL(n, \mathbb Z[i]) is at bounded distance from a homomorphism. We also include a discussion of some cases when this result is not true for what turn out to be purely algebraic reasons.

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@article{arxiv.1512.07285,
  title  = {Quasi-isometric embeddings of non-uniform lattices},
  author = {David Fisher and Thang Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.07285},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

With an appendix by Skip Garibaldi, D.~B.~McReynolds, Nicholas Miller, and Dave Witte Morris