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Non-existence of cocompact CliffordKlein forms for SL(n,R)/\psi(SL(m,R))

Prove that for any non-trivial homomorphism \psi: SL(m,\mathbb{R}) \to SL(n,\mathbb{R}) with m < n, the homogeneous space SL(n,\mathbb{R})/\psi(SL(m,\mathbb{R})) does not admit a cocompact discontinuous group.

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Background

This conjecture targets a broad class of homogeneous spaces built from embeddings of smaller special linear groups into larger ones, generalizing several previously proved non-existence results (identity and certain irreducible representations).

Resolving it would unify a spectrum of obstructions to compact CliffordKlein forms in higher rank, connecting to temperedness and dynamical volume methods.

References

The following are notable special cases of Conjecture~\ref{conj:SLSL}, corresponding to specific choices of $\psi$. For any non-trivial homomorphism $\psi \colon SL(m,\mathbb{R}) \to SL(n,\mathbb{R})$ with $m<n$, the homogeneous space $SL(n,\mathbb{R})/\psi(SL(m,\mathbb{R}))$ does not admit a cocompact discontinuous group.

Proper Actions and Representation Theory (2506.15616 - Kobayashi, 18 Jun 2025) in Conjecture \ref{conj:SLSL}, Section 4.2