Lattices with and lattices without spectral gap

DOI10.4171/GGD/126MaRDI QIDQ664231zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alexander Lubotzky, Bachir Bekka

Publication date 29 February 2012

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.1006

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groups of treesexpander diagramslattices in algebraic groupsspectral gap property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodic theory on groups (22D40) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators (37A30)

Abstract: The following two results are shown. 1) Let $G$ be the $k$-rational points of a simple algebraic group over a local field $k$ and let $H$ be a lattice in $G.$ Then the regular representation of $G$ on $L^2(G/H)$ has a spectral gap (that is, there are no almost invariant unit vectors in the subspace of functions in $L^2(G/H)$ with zero mean). 2) There exist locally compact simple groups $G$ and lattices $H$ for which $L^2(G/H)$ has no spectral gap. This answers in the negative a question asked by Margulis. In fact, $G$ can be taken to be the group of orientation preserving automorphisms of a $k$-regular tree for $k>2.$

Review text

Let \(G= G(k)\) be the \(k\)-rational points of a simple algebraic group \(G\) over a local field \(k\) and let \(\Gamma\) be a lattice in \(G\). The authors show that the regular representation \(\rho_{\Gamma}\backslash G\) of \(G\) on \(L^2(\Gamma \backslash G)\) has a spectral gap. The authors also give examples of locally compact simple groups \(G\) and lattices \(\Gamma\) for which \(L^2(\Gamma\backslash G)\) has no spectral gap. This answers in the negative a question asked by \textit{G.A. Margulis} [Discrete subgroups of semisimple Lie groups. Ergebn. Math. Grenzgebiete, 3. Folge, 17. Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (1991; Zbl 0732.22008)].

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