Hyperbolic surfaces with isomorphic boundary C*-algebras

Given a manifold \overlien{X} with boundary \partial X, and isometry G, for each subgroup \Gamm of G one can form the crossed product C*-algebra C(\partial X)\rtimes_r\Gamma. This post is a one in a series of posts that investigates the non-commutative analogues of the Mostow rigidity theorem, which shows that for certain locally symmetric spaces the fundamental group is a complete isomorphism (i.e. isometry) invariant for the locally symmetric spaces, setteling the Borel conjecture for such spaces.

In this post we look at the failure of the theorem in the special case of SL_2(\R).

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