Fine asymptotic geometry in the Heisenberg group

Details Fine asymptotic geometry in the Heisenberg group Fine asymptotic geometry in the Heisenberg group

2011-06-26

arxiv.org/abs/1106.5276v2

Mathematics

Group Theory

v2: minor edits, improved figures

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For every finite generating set on the integer Heisenberg group H(Z), Pansu showed that the word metric has the large-scale structure of a Carnot-Caratheodory Finsler metric on the real Heisenberg group H(R). We study the properties of those limit metrics and obtain results about the geometry of word metrics that reflect the dependence on generators. For example we will study the probability that a group element has all of its geodesic spellings sublinearly close together, relative to the size of the element. In free abelian groups of rank at least two, that probability is 0; in infinite hyperbolic groups, the probability is 1. In H(Z) it is a rational number strictly between 0 and 1 that depends on the generating set; with respect to the standard generators, the probability is precisely 19/31.

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