Dice Question Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com

Existence of transverse subgroups that are not hypertransverse

Determine whether there exists a θ-transverse subgroup Γ < G (for some connected semisimple real algebraic group G and non-empty subset θ of simple roots) that is not θ-hypertransverse; specifically, ascertain whether one can construct a θ-transverse subgroup Γ that does not admit a proper geodesic Gromov hyperbolic space Z with a properly discontinuous isometric Γ-action and a Γ-equivariant homeomorphism from the limit set Λ^Z ⊂ ∂Z to the θ-limit set Λ_Γ^θ ⊂ F_θ.

Information Square Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com

Background

The paper introduces θ-transverse subgroups of a semisimple real algebraic group G, defined by θ-regularity and θ-antipodality, and then refines this to θ-hypertransverse subgroups that additionally admit an action on a proper geodesic Gromov hyperbolic space Z with a Γ-equivariant identification of the Gromov boundary limit set with the θ-limit set in F_θ. The authors note that many known examples (Anosov and relatively Anosov groups and their subgroups) are hypertransverse.

Despite this abundance of examples, the authors explicitly state that they lack a counterexample of a transverse subgroup that fails to be hypertransverse, raising the question of whether the two notions coincide or whether a non-hypertransverse transverse subgroup exists. This uncertainty is central to clarifying the scope of their rigidity and ergodicity results, which are proved under the hypertransverse hypothesis.

References

It seems that most transverse subgroups are hypertransverse. We do not know of an example of a transverse subgroup which is not hypertransverse.

Conformal measure rigidity and ergodicity of horospherical foliations (2404.13727 - Kim, 21 Apr 2024) in Introduction, Hypertransverse subgroups subsection (following Example ex.relanosov)