## Geometry & Topology

### Quasi-isometric rigidity of higher rank $S$–arithmetic lattices

Kevin Wortman

#### Abstract

We show that $S$–arithmetic lattices in semisimple Lie groups with no rank one factors are quasi-isometrically rigid.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 11, Number 2 (2007), 995-1048.

Dates
Accepted: 21 September 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513799867

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2007.11.995

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2326941

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1171.22008

#### Citation

Wortman, Kevin. Quasi-isometric rigidity of higher rank $S$–arithmetic lattices. Geom. Topol. 11 (2007), no. 2, 995--1048. doi:10.2140/gt.2007.11.995. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513799867

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