Rational group ring elements with kernels having irrational dimension.

DOI10.1112/PLMS/PDT029zbMATH Open1295.20041arXiv0909.2360OpenAlexW2054316348WikidataQ59485433 ScholiaQ59485433MaRDI QIDQ2872032FDOQ2872032

Authors: Tim Austin 

Publication date: 14 January 2014

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Third Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that there are examples of finitely generated groups G together with group ring elements Q in �bQ G for which the von Neumann dimension dim_{LG}ker Q is irrational, so (in conjunction with other known results) answering a question of Atiyah.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.2360

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zbMATH Keywords

wreath productsspectral measuresMarkov operatorslamplighter groups\(L^2\)-Betti numbersAtiyah conjecturerational group rings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Geometric group theory (20F65) Group rings of infinite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C07) Exotic index theories on manifolds (58J22) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75)

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