Cocycle superrigidity for profinite actions of irreducible lattices

Abstract: Let

G a m m a

be an irreducible lattice in a product of two locally compact groups and assume that

G a m m a

is densely embedded in a profinite group

K

. We give necessary conditions which imply that the left translation action

G a m m a c u r v e a r r o w r i g h t K

is "virtually" cocycle superrigid: any cocycle

w : G a m m a i m e s K i g h t a r r o w D e l t a

with values in a countable group

D e l t a

is cohomologous to a cocycle which factors through the map

G a m m a i m e s K i g h t a r r o w G a m m a i m e s K_{0}

, for some finite quotient group

K_{0}

of

K

. As a corollary, we deduce that any ergodic profinite action of

G a m m a = e x t {S L}_{2} (m a t h b b Z [S^{- 1}])

is virtually cocycle superrigid and virtually W

^{*}

-superrigid, for any finite nonempty set of primes

S

.

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