Rigidity of almost-isometric universal covers

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2016.65.5781zbMATH Open1346.53044arXiv1409.3064OpenAlexW2963901794WikidataQ125291866 ScholiaQ125291866MaRDI QIDQ3178596FDOQ3178596

Jean-François Lafont, Benjamin Schmidt, A. Kar

Publication date: 14 July 2016

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Almost-isometries are quasi-isometries with multiplicative constant one. Lifting a pair of metrics on a compact space gives quasi-isometric metrics on the universal cover. Under some additional hypotheses on the metrics, we show that there is no almost-isometry between the universal covers. We show that Riemannian manifolds which are almost-isometric have the same volume growth entropy. We establish various rigidity results as applications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.3064

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zbMATH Keywords

quasi-isometryvolume entropyCAT(\(-1\)) spacelocally symmetric spacemarked length spectrumquaternionic hyperbolic spaceCayley hyperbolic planealmost-isometrically rigid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity results (53C24) Special maps on metric spaces (54E40) Metric geometry (51F99)

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