A height gap theorem for finite subsets of GL_d(Q) and nonamenable subgroups

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2011.174.2.7zbMATH Open1243.11071arXiv0804.1391OpenAlexW2963512323MaRDI QIDQ640807FDOQ640807

Emmanuel Breuillard

Publication date: 20 October 2011

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show a global adelic analog of the classical Margulis Lemma from hyperbolic geometry. We introduce a conjugation invariant normalized height $hath(F)$ of a finite set of matrices $F$ in $$ which is the adelic analog of the minimal displacement on a symmetric space. We then show, making use of theorems of Bilu and Zhang on the equidistribution of Galois orbits of small points, that $hath(F)>epsilon$ as soon as $F$ generates a non-virtually solvable subgroup of $$ where $epsilon=epsilon(n)>0$ is an absolute constant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1391

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zbMATH Keywords

heightsdiscrete subgroups of Lie groupslinear groupsnonamenabilitysmall points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heights (11G50) Algebraic numbers; rings of algebraic integers (11R04) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40)

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