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On dense subgroups of Lie groups

Groups acting on CAT(0) spaces September 27, 2016 - September 30, 2016

September 27, 2016 (09:30 AM PDT - 10:20 AM PDT)
Speaker(s): Yves Benoist (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium
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Abstract

I will focus on proper Borel-measurable dense subgroups of a simple Lie group and explain that their Hausdorff dimension has to be zero. The main tool will be a local spectral gap property. This is a joint work with Nicolas de Saxce.

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