Residual amenability and the approximation of L^2-invariants

DOI10.1307/MMJ/1030132414zbMATH Open0967.58017arXivdg-ga/9710002OpenAlexW2049669476MaRDI QIDQ1590950FDOQ1590950

Authors: Bryan Clair 

Publication date: 1 January 2001

Published in: Michigan Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We generalize Luck's Theorem to show that the L^2-Betti numbers of a residually amenable covering space are the limit of the L^2-Betti numbers of a sequence of amenable covering spaces. We show that any residually amenable covering space of a finite simplicial complex is of determinant class, and that the L^2 torsion is a homotopy invariant for such spaces. We give examples of residually amenable groups, including the Baumslag-Solitar groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9710002

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zbMATH Keywords

\(L^2\)-torsion\(L^2\)-Betti numbers\(L^2\)-Laplaciandeterminant classresidually amenable group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants and determinant bundles, analytic torsion (58J52) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10)

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