Discrete Subgroups of Semisimple Lie Groups: (17 Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics)

Discrete subgroups have played a central role throughout the development of numerous mathematical disciplines. Discontinuous group actions and the study of fundamental regions are of utmost importance to modern geometry. Flows and dynamical systems on homogeneous spaces have found a wide range of applications, and of course number theory without discrete groups is unthinkable. This book, written by a master of the subject, is primarily devoted to discrete subgroups of finite covolume in semi-simple Lie groups. Since the notion of "Lie group" is sufficiently general, the author not only proves results in the classical geometry setting, but also obtains theorems of an algebraic nature, e.g. classification results on abstract homomorphisms of semi-simple algebraic groups over global fields. The treatise of course contains a presentation of the author's fundamental rigidity and arithmeticity theorems. The work in this monograph requires the language and basic results from fields such as algebraic groups, ergodic theory, the theory of unitary representatons, and the theory of amenable groups. The author develops the necessary material from these subjects; so that, while the book is of obvious importance for researchers working in related areas, it is essentially self-contained and therefore is also of great interest for advanced students.

Table of Contents:
1. Statement of Main Results.- 2. Synopsis of the Chapters.- 3. Remarks on the Structure of the Book, References and Notation.- 1. Preliminaries.- 0. Notation, Terminology and Some Basic Facts.- 1. Algebraic Groups Over Arbitrary Fields.- 2. Algebraic Groups Over Local Fields.- 3. Arithmetic Groups.- 4. Measure Theory and Ergodic Theory.- 5. Unitary Representations and Amenable Groups.- II. Density and Ergodicity Theorems.- 1. Iterations of Linear Transformations.- 2. Density Theorems for Subgroups with Property (S)I.- 3. The Generalized Mautner Lemma and the Lebesgue Spectrum.- 4. Density Theorems for Subgroups with Property (S)II.- 5. Non-Discrete Closed Subgroups of Finite Covolume.- 6. Density of Projections and the Strong Approximation Theorem.- 7. Ergodicity of Actions on Quotient Spaces.- III. Property (T).- 1. Representations Which Are Isolated from the Trivial One-Dimensional Representation.- 2. Property (T) and Some of Its Consequences. Relationship Between Property (T) for Groups and for Their Subgroups.- 3. Property (T) and Decompositions of Groups into Amalgams.- 4. Property (R).- 5. Semisimple Groups with Property (T).- 6. Relationship Between the Structure of Closed Subgroups and Property (T) of Normal Subgroups.- IV. Factor Groups of Discrete Subgroups.- 1. b-metrics, Vitali’s Covering Theorem and the Density Point Theorem.- 2. Invariant Algebras of Measurable Sets.- 3. Amenable Factor Groups of Lattices Lying in Direct Products.- 4. Finiteness of Factor Groups of Discrete Subgroups.- V. Characteristic Maps.- 1. Auxiliary Assertions.- 2. The Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem.- 3. Definition and Fundamental Properties of Characteristic Maps.- 4. Effective Pairs.- 5. Essential Pairs.- VI. Discrete Subgroups and Boundary Theory.- 1. Proximal G-Spaces and Boundaries.- 2. ?-Boundaries.- 3. Projective G-Spaces.- 4. Equivariant Measurable Maps to Algebraic Varieties.- VII. Rigidity.- 1. Auxiliary Assertions.- 2. Cocycles on G-Spaces.- 3. Finite-Dimensional Invariant Subspaces.- 4. Equivariant Measurable Maps and Continuous Extensions of Representations.- 5. Superrigidity (Continuous Extensions of Homomorphisms of Discrete Subgroups to Algebraic Groups Over Local Fields).- 6. Homomorphisms of Discrete Subgroups to Algebraic Groups Over Arbitrary Fields.- 7. Strong Rigidity (Continuous Extensions of Isomorphisms of Discrete Subgroups).- 8. Rigidity of Ergodic Actions of Semisimple Groups.- VIII. Normal Subgroups and “Abstract” Homomorphisms of Semisimple Algebraic Groups Over Global Fields.- 1. Some Properties of Fundamental Domains for S-Arithmetic Subgroups.- 2. Finiteness of Factor Groups of S-Arithmetic Subgroups.- 3. Homomorphisms of S-Arithmetic Subgroups to Algebraic Groups.- IX. Arithmeticity.- 1. Statement of the Arithmeticity Theorems.- 2. Proof of the Arithmeticity Theorems.- 3. Finite Generation of Lattices.- 4. Consequences of the Arithmeticity Theorems I.- 5. Consequences of the Arithmeticity Theorems II.- 6. Arithmeticity, Volume of Quotient Spaces, Finiteness of Factor Groups, and Superrigidity of Lattices in Semisimple Lie Groups.- 7. Applications to the Theory of Symmetric Spaces and Theory of Complex Manifolds.- Appendices.- A. Proof of the Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem.- B. Free Discrete Subgroups of Linear Groups.- C. Examples of Non-Arithmetic Lattices.- Historical and Bibliographical Notes.- References.

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