Euler characteristics for \(p\)-adic Lie groups (Q5932374)

Let \(G\) be a compact \(p\)-adic Lie group with no \(p\)-torsion, and let \(M\) be a finitely generated \(\mathbb Z_p\)-module on which \(G\) acts. Assuming that the homology group \(H_i (G,M)\) is finite for each \(i\), the associated Euler characteristic is given by \[ \chi (G,M) = \sum_i (-1)^i \text{ord}_p (H_i (G,M)) . \] In this paper the author proves that the Euler characteristics \(\chi (G,M)\) are the same for all sufficiently small open subgroups \(G_0\) of \(G\) and that the common value of these Euler characteristics is zero if every element of the Lie algebra \(\mathfrak g_{\mathbb Q_p}\) of \(G\) has centralizer of dimension at least two. When the centralizer of \(\mathfrak g_{\mathbb Q_p}\) has dimension one, he gives an explicit formula for the common value, which shows in particular that this common value is not zero for some choice of the module \(M\).