The Margulis Zimmer Conjecture for Nonuniform Arithmetic Groups

Abstract

We prove that every infinite subgroup of a higher rank irreducible lattice in a semi-simple Lie group has finite index in the lattice, proving the Margulis-Zimmer conjecture for these lattices. The method of proof combines the method used in a work of Shalom and Willis and also some work of Raghunathan and Venkataramana.

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