On \(L\)-subgroups of locally compact groups (Q1249648)

Let \(G\) be a locally compact group and let \(\Gamma\) be a discrete subgroup of \(G\). \(\Gamma\) is called an \(L\)-subgroup of \(G\) if for every neighbourhood \(V\) of the identity \(e\) in \(G\), the set \(N(\Gamma,V) = \{g\in G: g\Gamma g^{-1} \cap V = \{e\}\}\) has a relatively compact image in \(G/\Gamma\). The main results are the following theorems. Theorem. Let \(G\) be a real algebraic group such that \(G/R_u(G)\) is compact where \(R_u(G)\) is the unipotent radical of \(G\). Let \(\Gamma\) be an \(L\)-subgroup of \(G\). Then \(\Gamma\) is uniform in \(G\), i.e., \(G/\Gamma\) is compact. Theorem. Let \(G\) be a solvable Lie group, \(\Gamma\) an \(L\)-subgroup, and \(N\) the nilradical of \(G\), i.e., the maximal normal nilpotent analytic subgroup of \(G\). Then \(\Gamma\cap N\) is uniform in \(N\). As an immediate consequence, one has the following well-known result on lattices of solvable Lie groups. Corollary (Mostow). Let \(G\) be a solvable Lie group and let \(\Gamma\) be a lattice of \(G\). Then we have the following conditions: (i) \(\Gamma\cap N\) is uniform in \(N\), where \(N\) is the nilradical of \(G\), (ii) \(\Gamma\) is uniform in \(G\).