Introduction to Arithmetic Groups

Introduction to Arithmetic Groups

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Main Author: Morris, Dave Witte (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Deductive Press [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • -- Part I. Introduction
  • What is a Locally Symmetric Space?
  • Geometric Meaning of R-rank and Q-rank
  • Brief Summary
  • Part II. Fundamentals
  • Basic Properties of Lattices
  • What is an Arithmetic Groups?
  • Examples of Arithmetic Groups
  • SL (n, Z) is a lattice in SL (n, R)
  • Part III. Important Concepts
  • Real Rank
  • Q-Rank
  • Quasi-Isometries
  • Unitary Representations
  • Amenable Groups
  • Kazhdan's Property (T)
  • Ergodic Theory
  • Part IV. Major Results
  • Mostow Rigidity Theorem
  • Margulis Superrigidity Theorem
  • Normal Subgroups of T
  • Arithmetic Subgroups of Classical Groups
  • Construction of a Coarse Fundamental Domain
  • Ratner's Theorems of Unipotent Flows
  • Appendices