scholarly journals Relative property (T) and linear groups

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1767-1804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talia Fernós
Keyword(s):  
Linear Groups ◽  
Relative Property ◽  
Property T

scholarly journals Dynamical properties of profinite actions

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1805-1835 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIKLÓS ABÉRT ◽  
GÁBOR ELEK
Keyword(s):  
Finite Index ◽  
Linear Groups ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Weak Containment ◽  
Residually Finite Groups ◽  
The Family ◽  
Property T ◽  
Free Actions ◽  
Theoretical Consequence ◽  
Lattice Of Subgroups

AbstractWe study profinite actions of residually finite groups in terms of weak containment. We show that two strongly ergodic profinite actions of a group are weakly equivalent if and only if they are isomorphic. This allows us to construct continuum many pairwise weakly inequivalent free actions of a large class of groups, including free groups and linear groups with property (T). We also prove that for chains of subgroups of finite index, Lubotzky’s property (τ) is inherited when taking the intersection with a fixed subgroup of finite index. That this is not true for families of subgroups in general leads to the question of Lubotzky and Zuk: for families of subgroups, is property (τ) inherited by the lattice of subgroups generated by the family? On the other hand, we show that for families of normal subgroups of finite index, the above intersection property does hold. In fact, one can give explicit estimates on how the spectral gap changes when passing to the intersection. Our results also have an interesting graph theoretical consequence that does not use the language of groups. Namely, we show that an expanding covering tower of finite regular graphs is either bipartite or stays bounded away from being bipartite in the normalized edge distance.

scholarly journals On relative property (T) and Haagerup’s property

2011 ◽  
Vol 363 (12) ◽  
pp. 6407-6420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionut Chifan ◽  
Adrian Ioana
Keyword(s):  
Relative Property ◽  
Property T

scholarly journals COARSE EMBEDDINGS INTO A HILBERT SPACE, HAAGERUP PROPERTY AND POINCARÉ INEQUALITIES

2009 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 87-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROMAIN TESSERA
Keyword(s):  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Hilbert Spaces ◽  
Metric Space ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Poincaré Inequalities ◽  
Haagerup Property ◽  
Relative Property ◽  
Poincare Inequalities ◽  
Isometric Actions ◽  
Property T

We prove that a metric space does not coarsely embed into a Hilbert space if and only if it satisfies a sequence of Poincaré inequalities, which can be formulated in terms of (generalized) expanders. We also give quantitative statements, relative to the compression. In the equivariant context, our result says that a group does not have the Haagerup Property if and only if it has relative property T with respect to a family of probabilities whose supports go to infinity. We give versions of this result both in terms of unitary representations, and in terms of affine isometric actions on Hilbert spaces.

Borel cocycles, approximation properties and relative property T

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL JOLISSAINT
Keyword(s):  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Approximation Property ◽  
Compact Groups ◽  
Approximation Properties ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Rigidity Results ◽  
Relative Property ◽  
Finite Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Property T ◽  
Standard Probability

Let $G$ and $H$ be locally compact groups. Assume that $G$ acts on a standard probability space $(S,\mu)$, $\mu$ being $G$-invariant. We prove that if there exists a Borel cocycle $\alpha:S\times G\longrightarrow H$ which is proper in an appropriate sense, then $G$ inherits some approximation properties of $H$, for instance amenability or the so-called Haagerup Approximation Property. On the other hand, if $G_{0}$ is a closed subgroup of $G$, if the pair $(G,G_{0})$ has the relative property (T) of Margulis [19] and if either $H$ has Haagerup Approximation Property, or if it is the unitary group of a finite von Neumann algebra with a similar property, then we give rigidity results analogous to that in [23] and [1].

scholarly journals Relative Inner Amenability and Relative Property Gamma

2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Paul Jolissaint
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Group ◽  
Proper Subgroup ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Semidirect Products ◽  
Relative Property ◽  
Property T ◽  
Equivalent Conditions ◽  
Inner Amenability

Let $H$ be a proper subgroup of a discrete group $G$. We introduce a notion of relative inner amenability of $H$ in $G$, we prove some equivalent conditions and provide examples coming mainly from semidirect products, as well as counter-examples. We also discuss the corresponding relative property gamma for pairs of type II$_1$ factors $N\subset M$ and we deduce from this a characterization of discrete, icc groups which do not have property (T).

scholarly journals A VON NEUMANN ALGEBRA CHARACTERIZATION OF PROPERTY (T) FOR GROUPOIDS

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-386
Author(s):  
MARTINO LUPINI
Keyword(s):  
Probability Measure ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Discrete Probability ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Relative Property ◽  
Property T ◽  
Algebra Characterization

For an arbitrary discrete probability-measure-preserving groupoid $G$, we provide a characterization of property (T) for $G$ in terms of the groupoid von Neumann algebra $L(G)$. More generally, we obtain a characterization of relative property (T) for a subgroupoid $H\subset G$ in terms of the inclusions $L(H)\subset L(G)$.

scholarly journals Reduced 1-cohomology and relative property (T)

2010 ◽  
Vol 270 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 613-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talia Fernós ◽  
Alain Valette ◽  
Florian Martin
Keyword(s):  
Relative Property ◽  
Property T
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