Volume-preserving actions of simple algebraic Q-groups on low-dimensional manifolds

DOI10.1142/S1793525312500124zbMATH Open1281.37014arXiv1204.3139OpenAlexW2962690829MaRDI QIDQ3166251FDOQ3166251

Authors: Robert J. Zimmer, David Witte Morris 

Publication date: 10 October 2012

Published in: Journal of Topology and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that SL(n,Q) has no nontrivial, C-infinity, volume-preserving action on any compact manifold of dimension strictly less than n. More generally, suppose G is a connected, isotropic, almost-simple algebraic group over Q, such that the simple factors of every localization of G have rank at least two. If there does not exist a nontrivial homomorphism from G(R) to GL(d,C), then every C-infinity, volume-preserving action of G(Q) on any compact d-dimensional manifold must factor through a finite group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3139

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zbMATH Keywords

algebraic groupgroup actionalmost-simple algebraic groupisotropic groupvolume-preserving action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics induced by group actions other than (mathbb{Z}) and (mathbb{R}), and (mathbb{C}) (37C85) Linear algebraic groups over global fields and their integers (20G30) Topological transformation groups (57S99) Noncompact transformation groups (22F99)

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