Some more Non-arithmetic Rigid groups

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Authors Alexander Lubotzky

Publication date 8 December 2005

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4785

zbMATH Keywords

linear groupsSuper-rigidity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40)

Abstract: In "Non arithmetic super rigid groups: counter examples to Platonov's conjecture" Bass and Lubotzky gave a counter example to Platonov's conjecture by presenting an example of a linear group with super-rigidity which is not an arithmetic lattice. In this note, a much richer class of such groups is presented with a somewhat simpler proof.

Review text

In a previous joined work with \textit{H. Bass} [Ann. Math. (2) 151, No.3, 1151-1173 (2000; Zbl 0963.22005)], the author proved the Platonov conjecture to be false : there exists a non-arithmetic linear group which is super-rigid. The idea is to construct such a group as an infinite index subgroup of a group of the form \(L\times L\) where \(L\) is a uniform lattice in the group of isometries of the Cayley hyperbolic plane. Super-rigidity comes for super-rigidity for \(L\), as proved by \textit{M. Gromov} and \textit{R. Schoen} [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 76, 165-246 (1992; Zbl 0896.58024)], whereas hyperbolicity of \(L\) allows to find subgroups of infinite index having nice properties. In this paper, the author modifies the original proof so that it works when \(L\) is a lattice in the quaternionic hyperbolic space. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1075.58001].

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