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We give a characterisations for an abstract group to be an S-arithmetic group of a higher rank semi-simple group.
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Lubotzky, A., Venkataramana, T.N. A Group Theoretical Characterisation of S-Arithmetic Groups in Higher Rank Semi-Simple Groups. Geometriae Dedicata 90, 1–28 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014985620796
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