Traces on group C^-algebras, sofic groups and Lück's conjecture

DOI10.1016/J.EXMATH.2015.12.008MaRDI QIDQ346259zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Gül Balci, Georges Skandalis

Publication date 5 December 2016

Published in Expositiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05753

zbMATH Keywords

sofic groupsdeterminants on operator algebrastraces on \(C^\ast\)-algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10)

Abstract: We give an alternate proof of a Theorem of Elek and Szabo establishing L"uck's determinant conjecture for sofic groups. Our proof is based on traces on group C*-algebras. We briefly discuss the relation with Atiyah's problem on the integrality of $L^2$-Betti numbers.

Recommendations

• The base change in the Atiyah and the Lück approximation conjectures
• Hyperlinearity, essentially free actions and \(L^2\)-invariants. The sofic property
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2153051
• Sofic groups and diophantine approximation
• The relation between the Baum-Connes conjecture and the trace conjecture

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1805723 (Why is no real title available?)
• Approximating L²‐invariants and the Atiyah conjecture
• Determinant theory in finite factors
• Endomorphisms of symbolic algebraic varieties
• Erratum: Math. Ann. 317, 727--750 (2000)
• Hyperlinear and Sofic Groups: A Brief Guide
• Hyperlinearity, essentially free actions and \(L^2\)-invariants. The sofic property
• Integrality of \(L^2\)-Betti numbers
• Introduction to sofic and hyperlinear groups and Connes' embedding conjecture. With an appendix by Vladimir Pestov
• On a question of Atiyah
• On sofic groups
• Rational group ring elements with kernels having irrational dimension.
• Sofic groups and diophantine approximation
• \(L^2\)-determinant class and approximation of \(L^2\)-Betti numbers
• \(L^2\)-invariants of regular coverings of compact manifolds and CW-complexes.
• \(L^{2}\)-torsion, the measure-theoretic determinant conjecture, and uniform measure equivalence

Cited in

(2)

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2059877 (Why is no real title available?)
• Twisted \(L^2\)-Betti numbers for sofic groups

This page was built for publication: Traces on group \(C^\ast\)-algebras, sofic groups and Lück's conjecture

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q346259)