We prove a super-rigidity result for algebraic representations over complete fields of irreducible lattices in products of groups and lattices with dense commensurator groups. We derive criteria for the non-linearity of such groups.

We study lattices in a product $G=G_{1}\times \cdots \times G_{n}$ of non-discrete, compactly generated, totally disconnected locally compact (tdlc) groups. We assume that each factor is quasi just-non-compact, meaning that $G_{i}$ is non-compact and every closed normal subgroup of $G_{i}$ is discrete or cocompact (e.g. $G_{i}$ is topologically simple). We show that the set of discrete subgroups of $G$ containing a fixed cocompact lattice $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$ with dense projections is finite. The same result holds if $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$ is non-uniform, provided $G$ has Kazhdan’s property (T). We show that for any compact subset $K\subset G$, the collection of discrete subgroups $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}\leqslant G$ with $G=\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}K$ and dense projections is uniformly discrete and hence of covolume bounded away from $0$. When the ambient group $G$ is compactly presented, we show in addition that the collection of those lattices falls into finitely many $\operatorname{Aut}(G)$-orbits. As an application, we establish finiteness results for discrete groups acting on products of locally finite graphs with semiprimitive local action on each factor. We also present several intermediate results of independent interest. Notably it is shown that if a non-discrete, compactly generated quasi just-non-compact tdlc group $G$ is a Chabauty limit of discrete subgroups, then some compact open subgroup of $G$ is an infinitely generated pro-$p$ group for some prime $p$. It is also shown that in any Kazhdan group with discrete amenable radical, the lattices form an open subset of the Chabauty space of closed subgroups.

let g be an algebraic group, $\gamma$ an arithmetic lattice of g and $x=\gamma\backslash g$. if h is an algebraic subgroup of g such that $h\cap \gamma$ is a lattice of h, then $\gamma\backslash \gamma h\subset x$ is endowed with a canonical h-invariant probability measure $\mu_h$. using ratner's theory, we give general examples where $\mu_{h_n}$ converges weakly to $\mu_g$ if hn is a strict sequence of algebraic subgroups of g. if $\gamma$ is a congruence subgroup of g, we define another probability measure $\mu_h^a$ on x by using the adelic description of the quotient. we conjecture that $\mu_{h_n}^a$ always converges weakly to $\mu_g$ if hn is a strict sequence. using automorphic forms and l-functions, we describe the case $g=\textit{sl}(2,f)$ for a number field f and a sequence of tori hn. the relation with similar problems on shimura varieties is explained.

Let $G$ be a semisimple Lie group of $\mathbb{R}$-rank at least 2 and $\varGamma$ a discrete subgroup of $G$. We consider the limit set of $\varGamma$ in the geometric boundary of the symmetric space associated with $G$. We define the notion of conical and horospherical limit points. In the case of irreducible non-uniform lattices, by using the two Tits building structures, we distinguish the location of their conical limit points. The limit sets of generalized Schottky groups contained in Hilbert modular groups are studied.