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On the uniqueness of arithmetic structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

F. E. A. Johnson
F. E. A. Johnson
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Department of Mathematics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E6BT, U. K.
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Margulis has given conditions under which a lattice in a semisimple Lie group admits the structure of an arithmetic subgroup. We show that these arithmetic structures are unique. The result is not subject to the condition “rkR(G) ≧ 2” required by the Margulis result. In the lowest dimensions, the result has previously been observed by Takeuchi, Maclachlan and Reid.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 124 , Issue 5 , 1994 , pp. 1037 - 1044
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994

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