On the spectral theory of groups of automorphisms of S-adic nilmanifolds

Abstract: Let

S = p_{1}, d o t s, p_{r}, i n f t y

for prime integers

p_{1}, d o t s, p_{r} .

Let

X

be an

S

-adic compact nilmanifold, equipped with the unique translation invariant probability measure

m u .

We characterize the countable groups

G a m m a

of automorphisms of

X

for which the Koopman representation

k a p p a

on

L^{2} (X, m u)

has a spectral gap. More specifically, we show that

k a p p a

does not have a spectral gap if and only if there exists a non-trivial

G a m m a

-invariant quotient solenoid (that is, a finite-dimensional, connected, compact abelian group) on which

G a m m a

acts as a virtually abelian group.

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