Expanders and the Affine Building of ${\rm Sp}_n$

Abstract

For $n \geq 2$ and a local field $K$, let $\Delta_n$ denote the affine building naturally associated to the symplectic group ${\rm Sp}_n(K)$. We compute the spectral radius of the subgraph $Y_n$ of $\Delta_n$ induced by the special vertices in $\Delta_n$, from which it follows that $Y_n$ is an analogue of a family of expanders and is non-amenable.