Rigidity at infinity for lattices in rank-one Lie groups

Abstract: Let

G a m m a

be a non-uniform lattice in

P U (p, 1)

without torsion and with

p g e q 2

. We introduce the notion of volume for a representation

h o : G a m m a i g h t a r r o w P U (m, 1)

where

m g e q p

. We use this notion to generalize the Mostow--Prasad rigidity theorem. More precisely, we show that given a sequence of representations

h o_{n} : G a m m a i g h t a r r o w P U (m, 1)

such that

l i m_{n o i n f t y} e x t V o l (h o_{n}) = e x t V o l (M)

, then there must exist a sequence of elements

g_{n} i n P U (m, 1)

such that the representations

g_{n} c i r c h o_{n} c i r c g_{n}^{- 1}

converge to a reducible representation

h o_{i} n f t y

which preserves a totally geodesic copy of

m a t h b b H_{m}^{p} a t h b b C

and whose

m a t h b b H_{m}^{p} a t h b b C

-component is conjugated to the standard lattice embedding

i : G a m m a i g h t a r r o w P U (p, 1) < P U (m, 1)

. Additionally, we show that the same definitions and results can be adapted when

G a m m a

is a non-uniform lattice of

P S p (p, 1)

without torsion and for representations

h o : G a m m a i g h t a r r o w P S p (m, 1)

, still mantaining the hypothesis

m g e q p g e q 2

.

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