Amenable groups and Euler characteristic (Q1195943)

Let \(G\) be an infinite amenable group and \(Y\) be a free cocompact \(G\)- space. The author shows that the Euler characteristic \(\chi(Y/G)\) has some special properties due to the amenability of \(G\). So, if \(H_ iY=0\) for \(0<i<m=\) dimension of \(Y\), then \((-1)^ m\chi(Y/G)\geq 0\) and \(=0\) only when \(H_ mY=0\). Some corollaries of this result are also obtained.