p-adic limits of renormalized logarithmic Euler characteristics

DOI10.4171/GGD/550zbMATH Open1471.11175arXiv1801.02412OpenAlexW3036014845MaRDI QIDQ784889FDOQ784889

Authors: Christopher Deninger 

Publication date: 3 August 2020

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a countable residually finite group $Gamma$, we write $Gamm{a}_{n}oe$ if $(Gamm{a}_n)$ is a sequence of normal subgroups of finite index such that any infinite intersection of $Gamm{a}_n$'s contains only the unit element $e$ of $Gamma$. Given a $Gamma$-module $M$ we are interested in the multiplicative Euler characteristics �egin{equation} chi (Gamma_n , M) = prod_i |H_i (Gamma_n , M)|^{(-1)^i} end{equation} and the limit in the field $mathbb{Q}_p$ of $p$-adic numbers �egin{equation} h_p := lim_{n oinfty} (Gamma : Gamma_n)^{-1} log_p chi (Gamma_n , M) ; . end{equation} Here $lo{g}_p:mathbb{Q}_p^{imes}omathbb{Z}_p$ is the branch of the $p$-adic logarithm with $lo{g}_p(p)=0$. Of course, neither expression will exist in general. We isolate conditions on $M$, in particular $p$-adic expansiveness which guarantee that the Euler characteristics $chi(Gamm{a}_n,M)$ are well defined. That notion is a $p$-adic analogue of expansiveness of the dynamical system given by the $Gamma$-action on the compact Pontrjagin dual $X=M^{\ast }$ of $M$. Under further conditions on $Gamma$ we also show that the renormalized $p$-adic limit in the second formula exists and equals the $p$-adic $R$-torsion of $M$. The latter is a $p$-adic analogue of the Li--Thom $L^2$ $R$-torsion of a $Gamma$-module $M$ which they related to the entropy $h$ of the $Gamma$-action on $X$. We view the limit $h_p$ as a version of entropy which values in the $p$-adic numbers and the equality with $p$-adic $R$-torsion as an analogue of the Li--Thom formula in the expansive case. We discuss the case $Gamma=mathbb{Z}^N$ in more detail where our theory is related to Serre's intersection numbers on arithmetic schemes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02412

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zbMATH Keywords

cohomology of groupsresidually finite groupsWhitehead group\(p\)-adic asymptotics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Cohomology of arithmetic groups (11F75) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10) (K_1) of group rings and orders (19B28)

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