Cohomological equation and cocycle rigidity of parabolic actions in SL(n,\RR)

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Authors: Z. J. Wang 

Publication date: 5 November 2012

Abstract: For any unitary representation $(pi,mathcalH)$ of $G=SL(n,RR)$, $ngeq3$ without non-trivial $G$-invariant vectors, we study smooth solutions of the cohomological equation $mathfrakuf=g$ where $mathfraku$ is a vector in the root space of $mathfraksl(n,RR)$ and $g$ is a given vector in $mathcalH$. We characterize the obstructions to solving the cohomological equation, construct smooth solutions of the cohomological equation and obtain tame Sobolev estimates for $f$. We also study common solutions to (the infinitesimal version of) the cocycle equation $mathfrakuh=mathfrakvg$, where $mathfraku$ and $mathfrakv$ are commutative vectors in different root spaces of $mathfraksl(n,RR)$ and $g$ and $h$ are given vectors in $mathcalH$. We give precisely the condition under which the cocycle equation has common solutions: $(*)$ if $mathfraku$ and $mathfrakv$ embed in $mathfraksl(2,RR)imesRR$, then the common solution exists. Otherwise, we show counter examples in each $SL(n,RR)$, $ngeq3$. As an application, we obtain smooth cocycle rigidity for higher rank parabolic actions over $SL(n,RR)/Gamma$, $ngeq4$ if the Lie algebra of the acting parabolic subgroup contains a pair $mathfraku$ and $mathfrakv$ satisfying property $(*)$ and prove that the cocycle rigidity fails otherwise. Especially, the cocycle rigidity always fails for $SL(3,RR)$. The main new ingredient in the proof is making use of unitary duals of various subgroup in $SL(n,RR)$ isomorphic to $SL(2,RR)ltimesR{R}^2$ or $(SL(2,RR)ltimesR{R}^2)ltimesR{R}^3$ obtained by Mackey theory.

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