The strong approximation conjecture holds for amenable groups

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2005.12.016MaRDI QIDQ852616zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gábor Elek

Publication date 15 November 2006

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511655

zbMATH Keywords

von Neumann dimension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodic theory on groups (22D40) Entropy and other invariants (28D20)

Abstract: We prove that the approximation conjecture of Luck holds for all amenable groups in the complex group algebra case. This result was previously proved by Dodziuk, Linnell, Mathai, Schick and Yates under the assumption that the group is torsion-free elementary amenable.

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