Vanishing of the second $L^p$-cohomology group for most semisimple groups of rank at least 3

TL;DR

This paper proves the vanishing of the second $L^p$-cohomology group for most semisimple groups of rank at least 3 over local fields, advancing understanding of Gromov's conjecture in higher rank cases.

Contribution

It establishes new vanishing results for second $L^p$-cohomology in high-rank semisimple groups using spectral sequences and case analysis, extending previous knowledge.

Findings

Vanishing for $ ext{SL}(4)$ and certain simple groups of rank $ extgreater=4$

Results hold for large $p$ in real case and all $p>1$ in non-Archimedean case

Supports Gromov's conjecture on $L^p$-cohomology vanishing below the rank

Abstract

We show vanishing of the second $L^p$-cohomology group for most semisimple algebraic groups of rank at least 3 over local fields. More precisely, we show this result for $\SL(4)$, for simple groups of rank $\geq 4$ that are not of exceptional type or of type $D_4$ and for all semisimple, non-simple groups of rank $\geq 3$. Our methods work for large values of $p$ in the real case and for all $p>1$ in the non-Archimedean case. This result points towards a positive answer to Gromov's question on vanishing of $L^p$-cohomology of semisimple groups for all $p>1$ in degrees below the rank. The methods consist in using a spectral sequence \`a la Bourdon-R\'emy, adapting a version of Mautner's phenomenon from Cornulier-Tessera and concluding thanks to a combinatorial case-by-case study of classical simple groups.