Radial rapid decay property for cocompact lattices (Q1024559)

Let \(G\) be a locally compact second countable group. A proper length function \(L : G \to {\mathbb R}_+\) is a (topologically) proper function satisfying (i) \(L(xy)\leq L(x) + L(y)\), (ii) \(L(x)^{-1} = L(x^{-1})\), and (iii) \(L(1_G) = 0\) for any \(x,y\in G\). Let \(\tau\) be a unitary representation of \(G\) and \(E\) a subspace of \(C_c(G)\) (the space of continuous functions on \(G\) with compact support) which is invariant under the involution \(f^*(x) = \overline {f(x^{-1})}\). The triple \( (\tau, L, E)\) is said to satisfy the RD (rapid decay) property, if there exist positive constants \(K\) and \(C\) such that \(|| \tau(F) ||_{op} \leq C || F(1+L)^K||_2\) for any \(F \in E\). If \(\tau\) is the left regular representation and \(E\) is the space of \(L\)-radial functions, the group \(G\) is said to have the radial rapid decay property with respect to \(L\). All connected Lie groups with the RD property have been classified [see \textit{L. Chatterji, C. Pittet} and \textit{L. Saloff-Coste}, Duke Math. J. 137, No.~3, 511--536 (2007; Zbl 1119.22006)]. In particular, every semisimple Lie group satisfies the RD property. The author studies the RD property on uniform lattices in semisimple Lie groups, with respect to the Riemannian metric and the word length metric. He extends results of \textit{J. Świątkowski} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 47, No.~4, 1175--1194 (1997; Zbl 0886.51004)] and \textit{A. Valette} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 47, No.~4, 1195--1208 (1997; Zbl 0886.51003)] by proving the following theorem: Let \(G\) be a semisimple algebraic group defined over some non-archimedean local field. Let \(\Gamma\) be a uniform lattice in \(G\) and let \(\Delta\) be the Bruhat-Tits building associated with \(G\). Fix a vertex \(v \in \Delta^{(0)}\) and define the length function \(L_\Delta\) by \(L_\Delta(\gamma) := \text{d}_\Delta(v, \gamma v)\), where \(\text{d}_ \Delta\) is the combinatorial distance on the 1-skeleton of \(\Delta\). Then \(\Gamma\) has the radial RD property with respect to \(L_\Delta\).