Coarse models of homogeneous spaces and translations-like actions

arXiv1911.12175MaRDI QIDQ6329974FDOQ6329974

Authors: D. B. McReynolds, Mark Pengitore

Publication date: 27 November 2019

Abstract: For finitely generated groups

G

and

H

equipped with word metrics, a translation-like action of

H

on

G

is a free action where each element of

H

moves elements of

G

a bounded distance. Translation-like actions provide a geometric generalization of subgroup containment. Extending work of Cohen, we show that cocompact lattices in a general semisimple Lie group

m a t h b f G

that is not isogenous to

m a t h r m S L (2, m a t h b b R)

admit translation-like actions by

m a t h b b Z^{2}

. This result follows from a more general result. Namely, we prove that any cocompact lattice in the unipotent radical

m a t h b f N

of the Borel subgroup

m a t h b f A N

of

m a t h b f G

acts translation-like on any cocompact lattice in

m a t h b f G

. We also prove that for noncompact simple Lie groups

G, H

with

H < G

and lattices

G a m m a < G

and

D e l t a < H

, that

G a m m a / D e l t a

is quasi-isometric to

G / H

where

G a m m a / D e l t a

is the quotient via a translation-like action of

D e l t a

on

G a m m a

.

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