Amenability, critical exponents of subgroups and growth of closed geodesics

DOI10.1007/S00208-015-1338-1zbMATH Open1347.53031arXiv1411.6817OpenAlexW1492891963WikidataQ59474754 ScholiaQ59474754MaRDI QIDQ303613FDOQ303613

Authors: R. Dougall, Richard Sharp 

Publication date: 22 August 2016

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesicHadamard manifoldamenable group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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