A homogeneous A₂-building with a non-discrete automorphism group is Bruhat-Tits

DOI10.1007/S10711-018-0338-1zbMATH Open1420.51008arXiv1703.10495OpenAlexW2951704629MaRDI QIDQ1736070FDOQ1736070

Nicolas Radu

Publication date: 29 March 2019

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $Delta$ be a locally finite thick building of type $ilde{A}_2$. We show that, if the type-preserving automorphism group $mathrmAut(Delta{)}^{+}$ of $Delta$ is transitive on panels of each type, then either $Delta$ is Bruhat--Tits or $mathrmAut(Delta)$ is discrete. For $ilde{A}_2$-buildings which are not panel-transitive but only vertex-transitive, we give additional conditions under which the same conclusion holds. We also find a local condition under which an $ilde{A}_2$-building is ensured to be exotic (i.e. not Bruhat--Tits). It can be used to show that the number of exotic $ilde{A}_2$-buildings with thickness $q+1$ and admitting a panel-regular lattice grows super-exponentially with $q$ (ranging over prime powers). All those exotic $ilde{A}_2$-buildings have a discrete automorphism group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.10495

zbMATH Keywords

latticediscreteautomorphismsbuildingsBruhat-Titsexotic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42) Geometric group theory (20F65) Buildings and the geometry of diagrams (51E24) Ring geometry (Hjelmslev, Barbilian, etc.) (51C05)

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• singer_lattice

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