A prime geodesic theorem for higher rank spaces

The prime geodesic theorem for higher rank spaces

The prime geodesic theorem for regular geodesics in a higher rank locally symmetric space is proved. An application to class numbers is given. The proof relies on a Lefschetz formula that is based on work of Andreas Juhl.

Two-geodesic transitive graphs of prime power order

In a non-complete graph $Gamma$, a vertex triple $(u,v,w)$ with $v$ adjacent to both $u$ and $w$ is called a $2$-geodesic if $uneq w$ and $u,w$ are not adjacent. The graph $Gamma$ is said to be   $2$-geodesic transitive if its automorphism group is transitive on arcs, and also on 2-geodesics. We first produce a reduction theorem for the family of $2$-geodesic transitive graphs of prime power or...

A prime geodesic theorem for higher rank II: singular geodesics

The Asymptotic Rank of Metric Spaces

In this article we define and study a notion of asymptotic rank for metric spaces and show in our main theorem that for a large class of spaces, the asymptotic rank is characterized by the growth of the higher filling functions. For a proper, cocompact, simplyconnected geodesic metric space of non-curvature in the sense of Alexandrov the asymptotic rank equals its Euclidean rank.

Almost-minimal Nonuniform Lattices of Higher Rank

(2) the product H × H of 2 hyperbolic planes. In short, among all the symmetric spaces of noncompact type with rank ≥ 2, there are only two manifolds that are minimal with respect to the partial order defined by totally geodesic embeddings. Our main theorem provides an analogue of this result for noncompact finitevolume spaces that are locally symmetric, rather than globally symmetric, but, in ...