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Closed approximate subgroups: compactness, amenability and approximate lattices
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma, Tome 13 (2025) no. 1, p. e5

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We investigate properties of closed approximate subgroups of locally compact groups, with a particular interest for approximate lattices (i.e., those approximate subgroups that are discrete and have finite co-volume).We prove an approximate subgroup version of Cartan’s closed-subgroup theorem and study some applications. We give a structure theorem for closed approximate subgroups of amenable groups in the spirit of the Breuillard–Green–Tao theorem. We then prove two results concerning approximate lattices: we extend to amenable groups a structure theorem for mathematical quasi-crystals due to Meyer; we prove results concerning intersections of radicals of Lie groups and discrete approximate subgroups generalising theorems due to Auslander, Bieberbach and Mostow. As an underlying theme, we exploit the notion of good models of approximate subgroups that stems from the work of Hrushovski, and Breuillard, Green and Tao. We show how one can draw information about a given approximate subgroup from a good model, when it exists. 
Machado, Simon. Closed approximate subgroups: compactness, amenability and approximate lattices. Forum of Mathematics, Sigma, Tome 13 (2025) no. 1, p. e5. doi: 10.1017/fms.2024.67
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