A quantitative bounded distance theorem and a Margulis' lemma for Z^n-actions, with applications to homology

DOI10.4171/GGD/381zbMATH Open1365.53044arXiv1412.6516OpenAlexW2963885366WikidataQ124822047 ScholiaQ124822047MaRDI QIDQ515280FDOQ515280

Authors: Filippo Cerocchi, Andrea Sambusetti 

Publication date: 13 March 2017

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the stable norm associated to a discrete, torsionless abelian group of isometries $Gammacongmathbb{Z}^n$ of a geodesic space $(X,d)$. We show that the difference between the stable norm $|;,{|}_{st}$ and the distance $d$ is bounded by a constant only depending on the rank $n$ and on upper bounds for the diameter of $$ and the asymptotic volume $omega(Gamma,d)$. We also prove that the upper bound on the asymptotic volume is equivalent to a lower bound for the stable systole of the action of $Gamma$ on $(X,d)$; for this, we establish a Lemma `a la Margulis for $mathbb{Z}^n$-actions, which gives optimal estimates of $omega(Gamma,d)$ in terms of $mathrmstsys(Gamma,d)$, and vice versa, and characterize the cases of equality. Moreover, we show that all the parameters $$ and $omega(Gamma,d)$ (or $mathrmstsys(Gamma,d)$) are necessary to bound the difference $d-|;,{|}_{st}$, by providing explicit counterexamples for each case. As an application, we prove that the number of connected components of any optimal, integral $1$-cycle in a closed Riemannian manifold $$ either is bounded by an explicit function of the first Betti number, $$ and $$, or is a sublinear function of the mass.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.6516

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zbMATH Keywords

quasi-isometriesasymptotic volumeintegral homologystable norm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry) (52B20) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Direct methods ((G)-spaces of Busemann, etc.) (53C70) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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