Ultraproduct normal-subgroup conjecture for higher-rank arithmetic groups

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Let Γ\Gamma be the arithmetic group specified by the local-to-global conjecture above, fix a non-principal ultrafilter N\mathcal{N} on the natural numbers, and let O∗O^* and K∗K^* be the corresponding N\mathcal{N}-ultrapowers of OO and KK. Ultraproduct normal-subgroup conjecture. For every g∈G(O∗)g\in\mathbf{G}(O^*) such that the normal subgroup of G(K∗)\mathbf{G}(K^*) generated by gg is all of G(K∗)\mathbf{G}(K^*), the normal subgroup of G(O∗)\mathbf{G}(O^*) generated by gg contains a finite-index subgroup of a principal congruence subgroup. This is stated as a weaker analogue of the local-to-global conjecture, resembling Margulis' normal subgroup theorem; its resolution is not supplied.

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Nir Avni and Chen Meiri, “Conjugacy width in uniform higher rank arithmetic groups of orthogonal type”, arXiv:2304.13173 (2025).

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