The Atiyah conjecture and Artinian rings.

DOI10.4310/PAMQ.2012.V8.N2.A1zbMATH Open1259.16025arXiv0711.3328WikidataQ123230740 ScholiaQ123230740MaRDI QIDQ448496FDOQ448496

Authors: Thomas Schick, Peter A. Linnell 

Publication date: 6 September 2012

Published in: Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a group such that its finite subgroups have bounded order, let d denote the lowest common multiple of the orders of the finite subgroups of G, and let K be a subfield of C that is closed under complex conjugation. Let U(G) denote the algebra of unbounded operators affiliated to the group von Neumann algebra N(G), and let D(KG,U(G)) denote the division closure of KG in U(G); thus D(KG,U(G)) is the smallest subring of U(G) containing KG that is closed under taking inverses. Suppose n is a positive integer, and alpha in Mat_n(KG). Then alpha induces a bounded linear map alpha: l^2(G)^n o l^2(G)^n, and keralpha has a well-defined von Neumann dimension dim_{N(G)} (keralpha). This is a nonnegative real number, and one version of the Atiyah conjecture states that d dim_{N(G)}(keralpha) in Z. Assuming this conjecture, we shall prove that if G has no nontrivial finite normal subgroup, then D(KG,U(G)) is a d imes d matrix ring over a skew field. We shall also consider the case when G has a nontrivial finite normal subgroup, and other subrings of U(G) that contain KG.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3328

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zbMATH Keywords

complex group algebrasorders of finite subgroupsalgebras of unbounded operatorsAtiyah conjecturedivision closuregroup von Neumann algebrasmatrix rings over skew fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings (16S34) (C^*)-algebras and (W^*)-algebras in relation to group representations (22D25) (L^p)-spaces and other function spaces on groups, semigroups, etc. (43A15) Group rings of infinite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C07) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10)

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