On the homology growth and the \ell^2-Betti numbers of \mathrm{Out}(W_n)

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Authors: Damien Gaboriau, Yassine Guerch, Camille Horbez 

Publication date: 6 September 2022

Abstract: Let $nge3$, and let $mathrmOut(W_n)$ be the outer automorphism group of a free Coxeter group $W_n$ of rank $n$. We study the growth of the dimension of the homology groups (with coefficients in any field $mathbbK$) along Farber sequences of finite-index subgroups of $mathrmOut(W_n)$. We show that, in all degrees up to $lfloorfracn2floor-1$, these Betti numbers grow sublinearly in the index of the subgroup. When $mathbbK=mathbbQ$, through L"uck's approximation theorem, this implies that all $el{l}^2$-Betti numbers of $mathrmOut(W_n)$ vanish up to degree $lfloorfracn2floor-1$. In contrast, in top dimension equal to $n-2$, an argument of Gaboriau and No^us implies that the $el{l}^2$-Betti number does not vanish. We also prove that the torsion growth of the integral homology is sublinear. Our proof of these results relies on a recent method introduced by Ab'ert, Bergeron, Frk{a}czyk and Gaboriau. A key ingredient is to show that a version of the complex of partial bases of $W_n$ has the homotopy type of a bouquet of spheres of dimension $lfloorfracn2floor-1$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorics of partially ordered sets (06A07) Groups acting on trees (20E08) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Homological methods in group theory (20J05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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