English

Superrigidity for dense subgroups of Lie groups and their actions on homogeneous spaces

Operator Algebras 2023-07-11 v2 Dynamical Systems Group Theory

Abstract

An essentially free group action of Γ\Gamma on (X,μ)(X,\mu) is called W*-superrigid if the crossed product von Neumann algebra L(X)ΓL^\infty(X) \rtimes \Gamma completely remembers the group Γ\Gamma and its action on (X,μ)(X,\mu). We prove W*-superrigidity for a class of infinite measure preserving actions, in particular for natural dense subgroups of isometries of the hyperbolic plane. The main tool is a new cocycle superrigidity theorem for dense subgroups of Lie groups acting by translation. We also provide numerous countable type II1II_1 equivalence relations that cannot be implemented by an essentially free action of a group, both of geometric nature and through a wreath product construction.

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@article{arxiv.2107.06159,
  title  = {Superrigidity for dense subgroups of Lie groups and their actions on homogeneous spaces},
  author = {Daniel Drimbe and Stefaan Vaes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.06159},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

v2: The examples in propositions 4.1 and 4.2 have been corrected, taking into account the exceptional isomorphisms for SO(n,m) when n+m=4. There were no other changes