Envelopes of certain solvable groups.

DOI10.4171/CMH/351MaRDI QIDQ2339709zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tullia Dymarz

Publication date 2 April 2015

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.5098

zbMATH Keywords

Abelian-by-cyclic groupslamplighter groupslattices in locally compact groupsquasi-isometriessolvable Baumslag-Solitar groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Solvable groups, supersolvable groups (20F16) Geometric group theory (20F65) General properties and structure of locally compact groups (22D05) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40)

Abstract: A discrete subgroup $Gamma$ of a locally compact group $H$ is called a uniform lattice if the quotient $H/Gamma$ is compact. Such an $H$ is called an envelope of $Gamma$. In this paper we study the problem of classifying envelopes of various solvable groups including the solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups, lamplighter groups and certain abelian-by-cyclic groups. Our techniques are geometric and quasi-isometric in nature. In particular we show that for every $Gamma$ we consider there is a finite family of preferred model spaces $X$ such that, up to compact groups, $H$ is a cocompact subgroup of $Isom(X)$.

Review text

Summary: A discrete subgroup \(\Gamma\) of a locally compact group \(H\) is called a \textit{uniform lattice} if the quotient \(H/\Gamma\) is compact. Such an \(H\) is called an \textit{envelope} of \(\Gamma\). In this paper we study the problem of classifying envelopes of various solvable groups including the solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups, lamplighter groups and certain abelian-by-cyclic groups. Our techniques are geometric and quasi-isometric in nature. In particular we show that for every \(\Gamma\) we consider there is a finite family of preferred \textit{model spaces} \(X\) such that, up to compact groups, \(H\) is a cocompact subgroup of \(\mathrm{Isom}(X)\). We also answer problem 10.4 of \textit{B. Farb} and \textit{L. Mosher} [Acta Math. 184, No. 2, 145-202 (2000; Zbl 0982.20026)] for a large class of abelian-by-cyclic groups.

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