The action of matrix groups on aspherical manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2018.18.2875MaRDI QIDQ1673640zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Shengkui Ye

Publication date 12 September 2018

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.07699

zbMATH Keywords

aspherical manifoldsmatrix group actionsNil-manifoldsZimmer's program

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite transformation groups (57S17) Noncompact Lie groups of transformations (57S20) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: Let $mathrm{SL}_n(mathbbZ)$ $(ngeq3)$ be the special linear group and $M^r$ be a closed aspherical manifold. It is proved that when $r<n,$ a group action of $mathrm{SL}_n(mathbbZ)$ on $M^r$ by homeomorphisms is trivial if and only if the induced group homomorphism $mathrm{SL}_n(\mathrm{\%}mathbbZ)ightarrowmathrmOut(p{i}_1(M))$ is trivial. For (almost) flat manifolds, we prove a similar result in terms of holonomy groups. Especially, when $p{i}_1(M)$ is nilpotent, the group $mathrm{SL}_n(\mathrm{\%}mathbbZ)$ cannot act nontrivially on $M$ when $r<n.$ This confirms a conjecture related to Zimmer's program for these manifolds.

Review text

The author proves that any continuous group action by \(\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\) on a closed aspherical manifold \(M^r\) is trivial under several different assumptions. For example, if \(n\geq 3\), \(r\leq n-1\), and the induced map \(\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\rightarrow \operatorname{Out}(\pi_1(M))\) is trivial, then the \(\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\) action on \(M\) is trivial. The same result holds if \(M\) is a closed almost flat manifold with holonomy group \(\phi\) if the induced homomorphism \(\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\rightarrow \operatorname{Out}(\phi)\) is trivial. The author proves these theorems by pulling the action of \(\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\) back to the Steinberg group \(\operatorname{St}_n(\mathbb{Z})\), a double cover of \(\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\). He then provides characterizations of when the action of \(\operatorname{St}_n(\mathbb{Z})\) on generalized homology spheres and \(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\)-acyclic homology manifolds is trivial. These characterizations allow him to show that the action of \(\operatorname{St}_n(\mathbb{Z})\) on closed aspherical manifolds is trivial under certain hypotheses, which then implies his main results.

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