Strong subgroup recurrence and the Nevo-Stuck-Zimmer theorem

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Authors: Yair Glasner, Waltraud Lederle 

Publication date: 31 August 2022

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a countable group and $operatornameSub(Gamma)$ its Chabauty space, namely the compact $Gamma$-space of all subgroups of $Gamma$. We call a subgroup $DeltainoperatornameSub(Gamma)$ a boomerang subgroup if for every $gammainGamma$, $gamm{a}^{n_i}Deltagamm{a}^{-n_i}ightarrowDelta$ for some subsequence $n_{i}subsetmathbbN$. Poincar'{e} recurrence implies that $mu$-almost every subgroup of $Gamma$ is a boomerang, with respect to every invariant random subgroup (IRS) $mu$. We establish for boomerang subgroups many density related properties, most of which are known to hold almost surely for IRSs. Our main result is that if $mathbbG$ is a simple, connected Chevalley group over $mathbbQ$, then every boomerang subgroup of $Gamma=mathbbG(mathbbZ)$ is either finite central or of finite index. In particular this holds for $Gamma=operatorname{SL}_n(mathbbZ)$. This gives a simple new proof for the Nevo--Stuck--Zimmer theorem in these cases.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42) Geometric group theory (20F65) Notions of recurrence and recurrent behavior in topological dynamical systems (37B20)

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