Mathematical Research Letters

Volume 1, Issue 4, July 1994 pp. 485-499.

Topological Deformation Rigidity of Higher Rank Lattice Actions

Authors: Nantian Qian
Author institution: The Pennsylvania State University, and The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Summary: We prove that the linear actions of irreducible higher rank lattices on tori or nilmanifolds are topologically deformation rigid provided that the actions do not have compact part.

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