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Paul Siegel
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I'm not qualified to certify optimality, but I've always thought that the Mostow rigidity theorem is a good candidate. The theorem says that every isomorphism between the fundamental groups of two finite volume hyperbolic manifolds of dimension at least 3 is induced by a unique isometry. Mostow's original proof (for the compact case) used:

  • Riemannian geometry
  • Conformal geometry
  • Geometric group theory
  • Representation theory
  • Ergodic theory
  • A dash of number theory

For generalizations to symmetric spaces you need algebraic geometry and more serious number theory as well.

Paul Siegel
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