Group completions and Fürstenberg boundaries: rank one (Q1059723)

From the authors introduction: ''In this paper we show that if G is a noncompact, connected semisimple Lie group with finite center and R-rank one and \(\Lambda\) is a uniform lattice of G (that is, a discrete subgroup of G so that \(G/\Lambda\) is compact), then there is a \(\Lambda\)-equivariant homeomorphism \(\phi: {\bar\Lambda}\to B(G)''\) (=Fürstenberg maximal boundary). ''The proof follows the main proof in [Invent. Math. 57, 205-218 (1980; Zbl 0428.20022)], and uses the classification of noncompact, Riemannian symmetric spaces with R-rank one and negative curvature. In {\S} 1 we recall the construction of \({\bar\Lambda}\) and some properties of it. In {\S} 2 we give models for the noncompact, Riemannian symmetric spaces with R-rank one and negative curvature. In {\S} 3 we give the proof and point out that this construction cannot always work if G has rank greater than one.''