A characterization of higher rank symmetric spaces via bounded cohomology

DOI10.1007/S00039-009-0717-8zbMATH Open1203.53041arXivmath/0702274OpenAlexW2027805593WikidataQ125760568 ScholiaQ125760568MaRDI QIDQ1028522FDOQ1028522

Mladen Bestvina, Koji Fujiwara

Publication date: 6 July 2009

Published in: Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M$ be complete nonpositively curved Riemannian manifold of finite volume whose fundamental group $Gamma$ does not contain a finite index subgroup which is a product of infinite groups. We show that the universal cover $ildeM$ is a higher rank symmetric space iff $H_b^2(M;R)o{H}^2(M;R)$ is injective (and otherwise the kernel is infinite-dimensional). This is the converse of a theorem of Burger-Monod. The proof uses the celebrated Rank Rigidity Theorem, as well as a new construction of quasi-homomorphisms on groups that act on CAT(0) spaces and contain rank 1 elements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0702274

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zbMATH Keywords

bounded cohomologyrank 1 isometriesquasi-homomorphisms, higher rank symmetric spacesRank Rigidity theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Rigidity results (53C24)

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