Conformal actions of higher rank lattices on compact pseudo-Riemannian manifolds

DOI10.1007/S00039-020-00537-1zbMATH Open1443.22017arXiv1901.01938OpenAlexW3098093579WikidataQ115389208 ScholiaQ115389208MaRDI QIDQ2201989FDOQ2201989

Authors: Vincent Pecastaing 

Publication date: 17 September 2020

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

Abstract: We investigate conformal actions of cocompact lattices in higher-rank simple Lie groups on compact pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. Our main result gives a general bound on the real-rank of the lattice, which was already known for the action of the full Lie group by a result of Zimmer. When the real-rank is maximal, we prove that the manifold is conformally flat. This indicates that a global conclusion similar to that of anterior works of Bader, Nevo and Frances, Zeghib in the case of a Lie group action might be obtained. We also give better estimates for actions of cocompact lattices in exceptional groups. Our work is strongly inspired by the recent breakthrough of Brown, Fisher and Hurtado on Zimmer's conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01938

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zbMATH Keywords

pseudo-Riemannian manifoldcocompact latticeZimmer's conjectureconformal action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46) Smooth ergodic theory, invariant measures for smooth dynamical systems (37C40) Nonuniformly hyperbolic systems (Lyapunov exponents, Pesin theory, etc.) (37D25)

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