Incompressible surfaces in rank one locally symmetric spaces (Q2355782)

In the work [Ann. Math. (2) 175, No. 3, 1127--1190 (2012; Zbl 1254.57014)], \textit{J. Kahn} and \textit{V. Markovic} showed that every cocompact lattice in \(\mathrm{SO}(3,1)\) contains infinitely many surface subgroups, i.e., subgroups which are isomorphic to the fundamental group of a closed surface. In the paper under review the author extends the result of Kahn and Markovich and shows that cocompact lattices in rank-one simple Lie groups of non-compact type distinct from \(\mathrm{SO}(2m,1)\), \(m\geq 1\), contain surface subgroups. This result turns out to be a consequence of the statement that every closed locally symmetric manifold \(M\) of negative curvature which is different from a hyperbolic manifold of even dimension contains closed incompressible immersed surfaces.