Spectral Invariance of $$*$$-Representations of Twisted Convolution Algebras with Applications in Gabor Analysis

We show spectral invariance for faithful $$*$$ ∗ -representations for a class of twisted convolution algebras. More precisely, if G is a locally compact group with a continuous 2-cocycle c for which the corresponding Mackey group $$G_c$$ G c is $$C^*$$ C ∗ -unique and symmetric, then the twisted convolution algebra $$L^1 (G,c)$$ L 1 ( G , c ) is spectrally invariant in $${\mathbb {B}}({\mathcal {H}})$$ B ( H ) for any faithful $$*$$ ∗ -representation of $$L^1 (G,c)$$ L 1 ( G , c ) as bounded operators on a Hilbert space $${\mathcal {H}}$$ H . As an application of this result we give a proof of the statement that if $$\Delta $$ Δ is a closed cocompact subgroup of the phase space of a locally compact abelian group $$G'$$ G ′ , and if g is some function in the Feichtinger algebra $$S_0 (G')$$ S 0 ( G ′ ) that generates a Gabor frame for $$L^2 (G')$$ L 2 ( G ′ ) over $$\Delta $$ Δ , then both the canonical dual atom and the canonical tight atom associated to g are also in $$S_0 (G')$$ S 0 ( G ′ ) . We do this without the use of periodization techniques from Gabor analysis.

Discreteness of deformations of cocompact discrete subgroups

We prove the discreteness of small deformations of a discrete cocompact subgroup of isometries of a locally compact metric space under some natural restrictions.

Dehn filling Dehn twists

Let $\Sigma _{g,p}$ be the genus–g oriented surface with p punctures, with either g > 0 or p > 3. We show that $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})/DT$ is acylindrically hyperbolic where DT is the normal subgroup of the mapping class group $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})$ generated by $K^{th}$ powers of Dehn twists about curves in $\Sigma _{g,p}$ for suitable K. Moreover, we show that in low complexity $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})/DT$ is in fact hyperbolic. In particular, for 3g − 3 + p ⩽ 2, we show that the mapping class group $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})$ is fully residually non-elementary hyperbolic and admits an affine isometric action with unbounded orbits on some $L^q$ space. Moreover, if every hyperbolic group is residually finite, then every convex-cocompact subgroup of $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})$ is separable. The aforementioned results follow from general theorems about composite rotating families, in the sense of [13], that come from a collection of subgroups of vertex stabilizers for the action of a group G on a hyperbolic graph X. We give conditions ensuring that the graph X/N is again hyperbolic and various properties of the action of G on X persist for the action of G/N on X/N.

Crystallographic groups with trivial center and outer automorphism group

Let Γ be a crystallographic group of dimension n, i.e. a discrete, cocompact subgroup of Isom(ℝn) = O(n) ⋉ ℝn. For any n ⩾ 2, we construct a crystallographic group with a trivial center and trivial outer automorphism group.

Decomposing locally compact groups into simple pieces

We present a contribution to the structure theory of locally compact groups. The emphasis is on compactly generated locally compact groups which admit no infinite discrete quotient. It is shown that such a group possesses a characteristic cocompact subgroup which is either connected or admits a non-compact non-discrete topologically simple quotient. We also provide a description of characteristically simple groups and of groups all of whose proper quotients are compact. We show that Noetherian locally compact groups without infinite discrete quotient admit a subnormal series with all subquotients compact, compactly generated Abelian, or compactly generated topologically simple.Two appendices introduce results and examples around the concept of quasi-product.

On Geometric Flats in the CAT(0) Realization of Coxeter Groups and Tits Buildings

Given a complete CAT(0) space X endowed with a geometric action of a group Ⲅ, it is known that if Ⲅ contains a free abelian group of rank n, then X contains a geometric flat of dimension n. We prove the converse of this statement in the special case where X is a convex subcomplex of the CAT(0) realization of a Coxeter group W, and Ⲅ is a subgroup of W. In particular a convex cocompact subgroup of a Coxeter group is Gromov-hyperbolic if and only if it does not contain a free abelian group of rank 2. Our result also provides an explicit control on geometric flats in the CAT(0) realization of arbitrary Tits buildings.

On Elliptic Curves in SL2(ℂ)/Γ.., Schanuel’s Conjecture and Geodesic Lengths

Let Γ be a discrete cocompact subgroup of SL2(ℂ). We conjecture that the quotient manifold X = SL2(ℂ) / Γ contains infinitely many non-isogenous elliptic curves and prove this is indeed the case if Schanuel’s conjecture holds. We also prove it in the special case where Γ ∩ SL2(∝) is cocompact in SL2(ℝ).Furthermore, we deduce some consequences for the geodesic length spectra of real hyperbolic 2- and 3-folds.