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

DOI10.4171/GGD/381MaRDI QIDQ515280zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Filippo Cerocchi, Andrea Sambusetti

Publication date 13 March 2017

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic volumeintegral homologyquasi-isometriesstable 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)

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.

Review text

A geodesic space \((X,d)\) with a \({\mathbb{Z}}^n\)-periodic metric (with respect to a discrete torsionless abelian group of isometries \(\Gamma\)) and with the associated stable norm \(\|.\|_{\mathrm{st}}\) is considered. It is well known that, for the cocompact action of \(\Gamma\), the space \((X,d)\) is almost isometric to \(({\mathbb{Z}}^n,\|.\|_{\mathrm{st}})\) (the difference of these norms can be bounded by a constant). In the present paper, a generalization of this situation to abelian actions is formulated as a quantitative bounded distance theorem (QBD theorem). The constant mentioned above now depends on the geometric invariants of \(X\) and the dependence on these parameters is essential in general. As a technical tool, an alternative of the Margulis lemma for the abelian actions is established. As an application, the QBD theorem is used for bounding the number of connected components of an optimal cycle \(\gamma\in H_1(\bar X,{\mathbb{Z}})\) on a closed Riemannian manifold.

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