A Zero-One Law for Random Subgroups of some Totally Disconnected Groups
| dc.creator | Glasner, Yair | |
| dc.date | 2009-02-22 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:45:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:45:31Z | |
| dc.description | Let A be a locally compact group topologically generated by d elements and let k>d. Consider the action, by pre-composition, of Aut(F_k) on the set of marked, k-generated, dense subgroups D_{k,A} := {h:F_k --> A | h(F_k) is dense in A}. We prove the ergodicity of this action for two families of simple, totally disconnected locally compact groups. (i) A = PSL(2,K) where K is a non-Archimedean local field (of characteristic not equal to 2), (ii) A = Aut^{0}(T) - the group of orientation preserving automorphisms of a (q+1)-regular tree, for q > 1. In contrast, a recent result of Minsky's shows that the same action is not ergodic when A = PSL(2,R) or A = PSL(2,C). Therefore if K is a local field (with characteristic different than 2) the action of Aut(F_k) on D_{k,PSL(2,K)} is ergodic, for every k>2, if and only if K is non-Archimedean. Ergodicity implies that every "measurable property" either holds or fails to hold for almost every k-generated dense subgroup of A. | |
| dc.description | 15 pages, 1 figure | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3792 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3792 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221110 | |
| dc.subject | Group Theory | |
| dc.subject | Dynamical Systems | |
| dc.subject | 20F28,20F65,57M07,20E08,11D88,12J25 | |
| dc.title | A Zero-One Law for Random Subgroups of some Totally Disconnected Groups | |
| dc.type | text |