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Simple groups without lattices

Group Theory 2013-03-28 v2

Abstract

We show that the group of almost automorphisms of a d-regular tree does not admit lattices. As far as we know this is the first such example among (compactly generated) simple locally compact groups.

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@article{arxiv.1008.2911,
  title  = {Simple groups without lattices},
  author = {Uri Bader and Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace and Tsachik Gelander and Shahar Mozes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2911},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

17 pages. Revised according to referee's report

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