Lattices in automorphism groups of hyperbolic buildings

Seminar: 
Group Actions and Dynamics
Event time: 
Monday, September 12, 2005 - 12:30pm to Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 8:00pm
Location: 
431 DL
Speaker: 
Anne Thomas
Speaker affiliation: 
University of Chicago
Event description: 

Let $G$ be a locally compact group and $\Gamma$ a lattice in $G$. The
classical setting for studying lattices is that where $G$ is an
algebraic
group. More recently, the lattices in $G$ the automorphism group of a
tree have been studied. We consider the lattices in $G$ the
automorphism
group of a higher-dimensional polyhedral complex, such as a hyperbolic
building. In particular, when $G$ is the automorphism group of
Bourdon’s
building $I_{pq}$, we find the exact set of covolumes of cocompact
lattices, and show that $G$ admits an infinite ascending tower of
cocompact lattices.