Existential Inclusions of Bi-exact Groups are Conjugacy Representation Rigid

Abstract

If $\Lambda$ is a non-amenable bi-exact group and $\Lambda \hookrightarrow \Gamma$ is an existential embedding, then each of the intersections $\Lambda \cap g\Lambda g^{-1}$ for $g$ a member of $\Gamma \backslash \Lambda$ is amenable. This in conjunction with work of Bekka and Kalantar demonstrates that in this situation, the weak equivalence class of the quasi-regular representation ${\lambda }_{\Gamma /\Lambda }$ determines $\Lambda$ up to conjugacy among the self-commensurating subgroups of $\Gamma$.

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