Margulis–Zimmer conjecture on commensurated subgroups of S-arithmetic lattices

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Let G\mathbb{G} be a semisimple algebraic group defined over a number field kk, and let SS be a finite set of valuations of kk. Assume that G\mathbb{G} has higher SS-rank, and that

Λ=G(OS)\Lambda=\mathbb{G}(\mathcal{O}_S)

is an SS-arithmetic lattice in G\mathbb{G}. A subgroup Γ⊆Λ\Gamma\subseteq\Lambda is commensurated if Λ⊆Comm⁡G(Γ)\Lambda\subseteq\operatorname{Comm}_{\mathbb{G}}(\Gamma).

Margulis–Zimmer conjecture. Every commensurated subgroup of Λ\Lambda is either finite or S′S'-arithmetic for some S′⊆SS'\subseteq S.

This conjecture seeks to classify commensurated subgroups of higher-rank lattices and was advertised by Margulis and Zimmer in the late 1970s. It is presented as a major motivation for the Greenberg–Shalom hypothesis; the supplied text does not state a resolution.

References

Primary source

Nic Brody, David Fisher, Mahan Mj and Wouter van Limbeek, “Greenberg-Shalom's Commensurator Hypothesis and Applications”, arXiv:2308.07785 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2003.02956.

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