Talk:Lattice (discrete subgroup)
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Hard to assign a unique field… Arcfrk (talk) 10:46, 16 February 2008 (UTC) |
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Seems a one-sided viewpoint[edit]
"Lattices are best thought of as discrete approximations of continuous groups (such as Lie groups)."
This isn't the best viewpoint if your interest is the quotient space.
188.154.206.128 (talk) 16:15, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Quasi-isometry and coarse equivalence[edit]
I'm not sure whether discussion of these notions is relevant in the introductory section. As far as i can tell it is equivalent for a discrete subgroup to be either a uniform lattice, quasi-isometric to or coarsely equivalent to its ambient group (with an invariant metric), though i don't know any reference for the latter.
It could make sense to add a section about "lattices in geometric group theory" or something similar where this is discussed. jraimbau (talk) 12:11, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Is "cocompact" a synonym of "uniform"?[edit]
In the section Generalities on lattices this sentence appears:
"A lattice is called uniform when the quotient space is compact (and non-uniform otherwise)."
Am I correct to say that, when speaking of a lattice in a Lie group, "cocompact" is a synonym for "uniform"?
If so, then this is worth mentioning in the artice. 2601:200:C000:1A0:C0A2:E29D:72EF:28D2 (talk) 19:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Unclear terminology[edit]
The section "Rank 1 versus higher rank begins with this sentence:
"The real rank of a Lie group is the maximal dimension of an abelian subgroup containing only semisimple elements.'
The linked article Semisimple does not explain what a "semisimple element" is.
I hope someone knowledgeable about this subject can clarify this. 2601:200:C000:1A0:C0A2:E29D:72EF:28D2 (talk) 19:20, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- The article on semisimple operators does define what it means pretty clearly (an element of a Lie group is a linear operator via a faithful linear representation of the Lie group, for instance the adjoint representation, and semisimplicity does not depend on the representation). jraimbau (talk) 05:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)