Margulis, G: Discrete Subgroups

1991
ISBN: 978-3-540-12179-4
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 390 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 2170 g

Reihe: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics

Margulis: Gewinner der Fields-Medaille; höchste Auszeichnung in der Mathematik, (bisher nur drei aus der UDSSR), grundlegendes Werk, seit mehr als 15 Jahren in Vorbereitung. Die Referenz zu dem Thema.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Margulis, Gregori A.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Elementare Analysis und Allgemeine Begriffe
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra Lineare und multilineare Algebra, Matrizentheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Geometrie Differentialgeometrie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Geometrie Nicht-Euklidische Geometrie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra Algebraische Strukturen, Gruppentheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.