Quasi-isometric embeddings of non-uniform lattices. With an appendix by S. Garibaldi, D. B. McReynolds, N. Miller and D. Witte Morris. (Q2179698)

Summary: Let \(G\) and \(G'\) be simple Lie groups of equal real rank and real rank at least \(2\). Let \(\Gamma < G\) and \(\Lambda < G'\) be non-uniform lattices. We prove a theorem that often implies that any quasi-isometric embedding of \(\Gamma\) into \(\Lambda\) is at bounded distance from a homomorphism. For example, any quasi-isometric embedding of \(\mathrm{SL}(n, \mathbb{Z})\) into \(\mathrm{SL}(n, \mathbb{Z}[i])\) is at bounded distance from a homomorphism. We also include a discussion of some cases when this result is not true for what turn out to be purely algebraic reasons.