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The noncommutative factor theorem for lattices in product groups

Operator Algebras 2025-07-17 v2 Dynamical Systems Group Theory

Abstract

We prove a noncommutative Bader-Shalom factor theorem for lattices with dense projections in product groups. As an application of this result and our previous works, we obtain a noncommutative Margulis factor theorem for all irreducible lattices Γ<G\Gamma < G in higher rank semisimple algebraic groups. Namely, we give a complete description of all intermediate von Neumann subalgebras L(Γ)ML(ΓG/P)\operatorname{L}(\Gamma) \subset M \subset \operatorname{L}(\Gamma \curvearrowright G/P) sitting between the group von Neumann algebra and the group measure space von Neumann algebra associated with the action on the Furstenberg-Poisson boundary.

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@article{arxiv.2207.13548,
  title  = {The noncommutative factor theorem for lattices in product groups},
  author = {Rémi Boutonnet and Cyril Houdayer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.13548},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages. To appear in J. \'Ec. polytech. Math

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