How Frequent Are Discrete Cyclic Subgroups of Semisimple Lie Groups?

Let $G$ be a non-compact semisimple Lie group. We investigate the asymptotic behaviour of the probability of generating a discrete subgroup.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 22E40

Keywords and Phrases: discrete subgroup, Lie group, generic subgroup, Cartan subgroup

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