Standard-action conjecture for SL(2)SL(2) over rings of integers

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Let kk be a number field with ring of integers O\mathcal{O}, and set Γ=SL(2,O)\Gamma=SL(2,\mathcal{O}). The group Γ\Gamma is a lattice in

i=1sSL(2,R)×i=1tSL(2,C),\prod_{i=1}^s SL(2,\mathbb{R})\times \prod_{i=1}^t SL(2,\mathbb{C}),

where ss and tt are the numbers of real and complex places of kk, respectively. A hyperbolic Γ\Gamma-space is standard if it is equivalent to H2\mathbb{H}^2 or H3\mathbb{H}^3 with one of the actions obtained by projection to a real or complex factor. A quasi-action is an action by quasi-isometries satisfying the group-action laws up to uniformly bounded error.

Standard-action conjecture. Every quasi-action by Γ\Gamma on a Gromov hyperbolic metric space either has an invariant horoball or is standard.

This conjecture predicts that, apart from actions preserving a horoball, all quasi-actions of SL(2,O)SL(2,\mathcal{O}) on Gromov hyperbolic spaces arise from the natural actions on the hyperbolic planes or hyperbolic three-spaces associated with the archimedean factors. The supplied source does not state whether the conjecture is resolved.

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Primary source

Jason Fox Manning, “Actions of certain arithmetic groups on Gromov hyperbolic spaces”, arXiv:math/0702749 (2008).

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