Amenability, critical exponents of subgroups and growth of closed geodesics

DOI10.1007/S00208-015-1338-1MaRDI QIDQ303613zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors R. Dougall, Richard Sharp

Publication date 22 August 2016

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.6817

zbMATH Keywords

amenable groupgeodesicHadamard manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a (non-elementary) convex co-compact group of isometries of a pinched Hadamard manifold $X$. We show that a normal subgroup $Gamm{a}_0$ has critical exponent equal to the critical exponent of $Gamma$ if and only if $Gamma/Gamm{a}_0$ is amenable. We prove a similar result for the exponential growth rate of closed geodesics on $X/Gamma$. These statements are analogues of classical results of Kesten for random walks on groups and of Brooks for the spectrum of the Laplacian on covers of Riemannian manifolds.

Review text

Let \(\Gamma\) be a (non-elementary) convex co-compact group of isometries of a pinched Hadamard manifold \(X\). The authors show that a normal subgroup \(\Gamma_0\) has critical exponent equal to the critical exponent of \(\Gamma\) if and only if \(\Gamma/\Gamma _0\) is amenable. They also show a similar result for the exponential growth rate of closed geodesics on \(X/\Gamma\). These statements are analogues of classical results of \textit{H. Kesten} [Math. Scand. 7, 146--156 (1959; Zbl 0092.26704)] for random walks on groups and \textit{R. Brooks} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 357, 101--114 (1985; Zbl 0553.53027)] for the spectrum of the Laplacian on covers of Riemannian manifolds.

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