Geometric dimension of lattices in classical simple Lie groups

DOI10.1112/TOPO.12016MaRDI QIDQ5359110zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Javier Aramayona, Dieter Degrijse, Conchita Martínez-Pérez, Juan Souto

Publication date 22 September 2017

Published in Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.02607, http://hdl.handle.net/10379/10269

zbMATH Keywords

Borel-Serre compactificationcohomological dimensiongeometric dimensionlattices in simple Lie groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35)

Abstract: We prove that if $Gamma$ is a lattice in a classical simple Lie group $G$, then the symmetric space of $G$ is $Gamma$-equivariantly homotopy equivalent to a proper cocompact $Gamma$-CW complex of dimension the virtual cohomological dimension of $Gamma$.

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