Pattern rigidity in hyperbolic spaces: duality and PD subgroups.

DOI10.4171/GGD/152MaRDI QIDQ763711zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kingshook Biswas, Mahan Mj

Publication date 29 March 2012

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4449

zbMATH Keywords

finitely generated groupsfreely indecomposable subgroupsgraphs of groupshomology manifoldsinfinite index quasiconvex subgroupspattern rigidityPoincaré duality groupsquasi-isometric rigidityquasiconformal mapsuniform lattices in rank one symmetric spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: For $i=1,2$, let $G_i$ be cocompact groups of isometries of hyperbolic space $Hy{p}^n$ of real dimension $n$, $ngeq3$. Let $H_{i}subset{G}_i$ be infinite index quasiconvex subgroups satisfying one of the following conditions: 1) limit set of $H_i$ is a codimension one topological sphere. 2) limit set of $H_i$ is an even dimensional topological sphere. 3) $H_i$ is a codimension one duality group. This generalizes (1). In particular, if $n=3$, $H_i$ could be any freely indecomposable subgroup of $G_i$. 4) $H_i$ is an odd-dimensional Poincare Duality group $PD(2k+1)$. This generalizes (2). We prove pattern rigidity for such pairs extending work of Schwartz who proved pattern rigidity when $H_i$ is cyclic. All this generalizes to quasiconvex subgroups of uniform lattices in rank one symmetric spaces satisfying one of the conditions (1)-(4), as well as certain special subgroups with disconnected limit sets. In particular, pattern rigidity holds for all quasiconvex subgroups of hyperbolic 3-manifolds that are not virtually free. Combining this with a result of Mosher-Sageev-Whyte, we get quasi-isometric rigidity results for graphs of groups where the vertex groups are uniform lattices in rank one symmetric spaces and edge groups are of any of the above types.

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Summary: For \(i=1,2\), let \(G_i\) be cocompact groups of isometries of hyperbolic space \(\mathbf H^n\) of real dimension \(n\), \(n\geq 3\). Let \(H_i\subset G_i\) be infinite index quasiconvex subgroups satisfying one of the following conditions: (1) The limit set of \(H_i\) is a codimension one topological sphere. (2) The limit set of \(H_i\) is an even dimensional topological sphere. (3) \(H_i\) is a codimension one duality group. This generalizes (1). In particular, if \(n=3\), \(H_i\) could be any freely indecomposable subgroup of \(G_i\). (4) \(H_i\) is an odd-dimensional Poincaré duality group \(\text{PD}(2k+1)\). This generalizes (2). We prove pattern rigidity for such pairs extending work of \textit{R. E. Schwartz} [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 82, 133-168 (1995; Zbl 0852.22010)], who proved pattern rigidity when \(H_i\) is cyclic. All this generalizes to quasiconvex subgroups of uniform lattices in rank one symmetric spaces satisfying one of the conditions (1)-(4), as well as certain special subgroups with disconnected limit sets. In particular, pattern rigidity holds for all quasiconvex subgroups of hyperbolic 3-manifolds that are not virtually free. Combining this with results of \textit{L. Mosher, M. Sageev}, and \textit{K. Whyte} [Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 1008 (2011; Zbl 1234.20034)], we obtain quasi-isometric rigidity results for graphs of groups where the vertex groups are uniform lattices in rank one symmetric spaces and the edge groups are of any of the above types.

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