Virtual Betti numbers of compact locally symmetric spaces (Q948884)

Let \(G\) be a connected non-compact Lie group with finite center \(Z\) such that \(G/Z\) is simple. Pick some torsion free cocompact arithmetic subgroup \(\Gamma\) of \(G\). For every integer \(i \geq 0\) consider the direct limit of cohomology groups \({\mathcal H}^{i} = \lim H^i(\Delta, \mathbb C)\), where the direct limit is taken over all finite index subgroups \(\Delta\) of \(\Gamma\). The dimension of \({\mathcal H}^{i}\) as a complex vector space is called the virtual \(i\)-th Betti number of \(\Gamma\). The author proves that if the virtual \(i\)-th Betti number of \(\Gamma\) is finite, then \({\mathcal H}^{i}\) can be expressed as \({\mathcal H}^{i} = H^i(G_u/K, \mathbb C)\), where \(G_u/K\) is the compact dual of the symmetric space \(G/K\) of \(G\).