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The $\Sigma$-invariants of $S$-arithmetic subgroups of Borel groups
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by Eduard Schesler;
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 376 (2023), 4173-4237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/8866
Published electronically: January 27, 2023

Abstract:

Given a Chevalley group $\mathcal {G}$ of classical type and a Borel subgroup $\mathcal {B} \subseteq \mathcal {G}$, we compute the $\Sigma$-invariants of the $S$-arithmetic groups $\mathcal {B}(\mathbb {Z}[1/N])$, where $N$ is a product of large enough primes. To this end, we let $\mathcal {B}(\mathbb {Z}[1/N])$ act on a Euclidean building $X$ that is given by the product of Bruhat–Tits buildings $X_p$ associated to $\mathcal {G}$, where $p$ is a prime dividing $N$. In the course of the proof we introduce necessary and sufficient conditions for convex functions on $CAT(0)$-spaces to be continuous. We apply these conditions to associate to each simplex at infinity $\tau \subset \partial _\infty X$ its so-called parabolic building $X^{\tau }$ and to study it from a geometric point of view. Moreover, we introduce new techniques in combinatorial Morse theory, which enable us to take advantage of the concept of essential $n$-connectivity rather than actual $n$-connectivity. Most of our building theoretic results are proven in the general framework of spherical and Euclidean buildings. For example, we prove that the complex opposite each chamber in a spherical building $\Delta$ contains an apartment, provided $\Delta$ is thick enough and $Aut(\Delta )$ acts chamber transitively on $\Delta$.
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Bibliographic Information
  • Eduard Schesler
  • Affiliation: Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, FernUniversität in Hagen, 58084 Hagen, Germany
  • MR Author ID: 1496107
  • Email: eduard.schesler@fernuni-hagen.de
  • Received by editor(s): April 24, 2022
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 7, 2022, and November 9, 2022
  • Published electronically: January 27, 2023
  • Additional Notes: The author was supported by the DFG grant WI 4079/4 within the SPP 2026 Geometry at infinity.
  • © Copyright 2023 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 376 (2023), 4173-4237
  • MSC (2000): Primary 20F65, 20E42, 51E24, 20F16
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/8866
  • MathSciNet review: 4586809