A zero-one law for random subgroups of some totally disconnected groups

DOI10.1007/S00031-009-9070-0zbMATH Open1191.22001arXiv0902.3792OpenAlexW2050905068MaRDI QIDQ848897FDOQ848897

Authors: Yair Glasner 

Publication date: 23 February 2010

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let A be a locally compact group topologically generated by d elements and let k>d. Consider the action, by pre-composition, of Aut(F_k) on the set of marked, k-generated, dense subgroups D_{k,A} := {h:F_k --> A | h(F_k) is dense in A}. We prove the ergodicity of this action for two families of simple, totally disconnected locally compact groups. (i) A = PSL(2,K) where K is a non-Archimedean local field (of characteristic not equal to 2), (ii) A = Aut^{0}(T) - the group of orientation preserving automorphisms of a (q+1)-regular tree, for q > 1. In contrast, a recent result of Minsky's shows that the same action is not ergodic when A = PSL(2,R) or A = PSL(2,C). Therefore if K is a local field (with characteristic different than 2) the action of Aut(F_k) on D_{k,PSL(2,K)} is ergodic, for every k>2, if and only if K is non-Archimedean. Ergodicity implies that every "measurable property" either holds or fails to hold for almost every k-generated dense subgroup of A.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3792

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zbMATH Keywords

ergodic actiontotally disconnected groupsnon-Archimedean local fieldfinitely generated locally compact groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups as automorphisms of other structures (22F50) Ergodic theory on groups (22D40)

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