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2006 Simplical volume of closed locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type
Jean-François Lafont, Benjamin Schmidt
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Acta Math. 197(1): 129-143 (2006). DOI: 10.1007/s11511-006-0009-1

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We show that closed, locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type have positive simplicial volume. This gives a positive answer to a question that was first raised by (Gromov in Inst Hautes Études Sci Publ Math 56:5, 1982).

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Jean-François Lafont. Benjamin Schmidt. "Simplical volume of closed locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type." Acta Math. 197 (1) 129 - 143, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11511-006-0009-1

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Received: 17 August 2005; Published: 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 31 January 2017

zbMATH: 1111.57020
MathSciNet: MR2285319
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/s11511-006-0009-1

Rights: 2006 © Institut Mittag-Leffler

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