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Is being a higher rank lattice a first order property?

Group Theory 2020-10-19 v1 Logic

Abstract

We show that there is a sentence φ\varphi in the first order language of groups such that a finitely generated group Γ\Gamma satisfies φ\varphi if and only if Γ\Gamma is isomorphic to a group of the form PSLn(O)\mathrm{PSL}_n(O), where n3n \geq 3 and OO is a ring of SS-integers in a number field.

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@article{arxiv.2010.07970,
  title  = {Is being a higher rank lattice a first order property?},
  author = {Nir Avni and Chen Meiri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.07970},
  year   = {2020}
}
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