Finite-sided Dirichlet domains and Anosov subgroups

Abstract: We consider Dirichlet domains for Anosov subgroups $\Gamma$ of semisimple Lie groups $G$ acting on the associated symmetric space $G/K$. More precisely, we consider certain Finsler metrics on $G/K$ and a sufficient condition so that every Dirichlet domain for $\Gamma$ is finite-sided in a strong sense. Under the same condition, the group $\Gamma$ admits a domain of discontinuity in a flag manifold where the Dirichlet domain extends to a compact fundamental domain. As an application we show that Dirichlet-Selberg domains for $n$-Anosov subgroups $\Gamma$ of $SL(2n,\mathbb{R})$ are finite-sided when all singular values of elements of $\Gamma$ diverge exponentially in the word length. For every $d\ge 3$, there are projective Anosov subgroups of $SL(d,\mathbb{R})$ which do not satisfy this property and have Dirichlet-Selberg domains with infinitely many sides. More generally, we give a sufficient condition for a subgroup of $SL(d,\mathbb{R})$ to admit a Dirichlet-Selberg domain whose intersection with an invariant convex set is finite-sided.