Invariant random subgroups of linear groups

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Abstract

Let Γ<GLn(F)Γ< \mathrm{GL}_n(F) be a countable non-amenable linear group with a simple, center free Zariski closure, Sub(Γ)\mathrm{Sub}(Γ) the space of all subgroups of ΓΓ with the, compact, metric, Chabauty topology. An invariant random subgroup (IRS) of ΓΓ is a conjugation invariant Borel probability measure on Sub(Γ)\mathrm{Sub}(Γ). An IRS\mathrm{IRS} is called nontrivial if it does not have an atom in the trivial group, i.e. if it is nontrivial almost surely. We denote by IRS0(Γ)\mathrm{IRS}^{0}(Γ) the collection of all nontrivial IRS\mathrm{IRS} on ΓΓ. We show that there exits a free subgroup F<ΓF < Γ and a non-discrete group topology St\mathrm{St} on ΓΓ such that for every μ∈IRS0(Γ)μ\in \mathrm{IRS}^{0}(Γ) the following properties hold: (i) μμ-almost every subgroup of ΓΓ is open. (ii) F⋅Δ=ΓF \cdot Δ= Γ for μμ-almost every Δ∈Sub(Γ)Δ\in \mathrm{Sub}(Γ). (iii) F∩ΔF \cap Δ is infinitely generated, for every open subgroup. (iv) The map Φ:(Sub(Γ),μ)→(Sub(F),Φ∗μ)Φ: (\mathrm{Sub}(Γ),μ) \rightarrow (\mathrm{Sub}(F),Φ_* μ) given by Δ↦Δ∩FΔ\mapsto Δ\cap F, is an FF-invariant isomorphism of probability spaces. We say that an action of ΓΓ on a probability space, by measure preserving transformations, is almost surely non free (ASNF) if almost all point stabilizers are non-trivial. As a corollary of the above theorem we show that the product of finitely many ANSF ΓΓ-spaces, with the diagonal ΓΓ action, is ASNF. Let Γ<GLn(F)Γ< \mathrm{GL}_n(F) be a countable linear group, A⊲ΓA \lhd Γ the maximal normal amenable subgroup of ΓΓ. We show that if μ∈IRS(Γ)μ\in \mathrm{IRS}(Γ) is supported on amenable subgroups of ΓΓ then in fact it is supported on Sub(A)\mathrm{Sub}(A). In particular if A(Γ)=⟨e⟩A(Γ) = \langle e \rangle then Δ=⟨e⟩,μΔ= \langle e \rangle, μ almost surely.

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