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Lattice generated by parabolics
Let $G$ be a semisimple Lie group of split-rank one and let $\Gamma$ be a non-cocompact lattice which is torsion-free.
For the group $G=\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{R})$ it then follows that $\Gamma$ is ...
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Compact flat orientable 3 manifolds and mapping tori
There are 10 compact flat 3 manifolds up to diffeomorphism, 6 orientable and 4 non orientable. I am looking to better understand how to construct the orientable ones.
The six orientable ones are ...
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Do discrete embeddings of surface groups not necessarily carry an embedding of SL_2?
We can get arithmetic lattices isomorphic to free groups in $\mathrm{SL}_2\mathbb{R}$, so in general we can’t expect homomorphisms of lattices into semisimple Lie groups to say much about $\mathrm{SL}...
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Lattices of minimal covolume in $\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{R}) \times \operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{R})$
What are the (uniform/non-uniform) irreducible lattices of minimal (or even small) covolume in $\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{R}) \times \operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{R})$?
Context: Such a lattice will ...
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Defining a notion of “volume of its lattice” for non-rational subspaces
Let $V\subseteq \Bbb R^n$ be a vector subspace. If $V$ is rational, i.e. has a basis consisting of elements in $\Bbb Z^n$, then there’s a well-defined notion of the “volume of the lattice of V”:
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Subgroups of $\mathbb{Z}^{n}$ with rotational symmetries
Schmidt (https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077377618) showed that the number of $m$-dimensional subgroups of $\mathbb{Z}^{n}$ of covolume $\leq X$
is
$$c_{1}\left(m,n\right)X^{n}+O\left(X^{n-\...
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Matrices generating non-discrete subgroups of SL(2,R)
Jorgensen's inequality $\mid \left(Tr\left(A\right)\right)^2-4\mid+\mid Tr\left[A,B\right]-2\mid\ge 1$ gives a necessary condition for two matrices A,B to generate a discrete subgroup of SL(2,R). Are ...
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