The boundary-of-quotients conjecture for rank-one lattices

Let Γ\Gamma be a cocompact lattice in Sp(1,n)Sp(1,n) or F420F_4^{-20}, and let Γ\Gamma' be a Gromov-hyperbolic quotient of Γ\Gamma. Write Γ\partial\Gamma' and Γ\partial\Gamma for their Gromov boundaries. The boundary-of-quotients conjecture. If Γ\partial\Gamma' is a sphere, then the kernel of the quotient map is finite and Γ=Γ\partial\Gamma'=\partial\Gamma. This is stronger than what is needed for the generalized low-dimensional action conjecture and remains open.

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David Fisher, “Groups acting on manifolds: around the Zimmer program”, arXiv:0809.4849 (2008).

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