The first $\ell^2$-Betti number and groups acting on trees

具有正第一 ℓ²-Betti 数的遗传 just-infinite 挠群

Hereditarily just-infinite torsion groups with positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number

本文提出一种基于 profinite 视角的新方法构造有限生成、剩余有限的无限挠群，首次给出具有正第一 ℓ²-Betti 数的遗传 just-infinite 群例子，并证明其正规子群增长为多项式，回答了 Barnea 和 Schlage-Puchta 的问题。

Vanishing of $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of locally compact groups as an invariant of coarse equivalence

We provide a proof that the vanishing of $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of unimodular locally compact second countable groups is an invariant of coarse equivalence.

内顺从群的$\u2113^2$-贝蒂数的消失性

Vanishing of $\ell^2$-Betti numbers for inner amenable groups

该研究解决了内顺从群领域的公开问题，证明可数内顺从群所有次数的$\u2113^2$-贝蒂数均消失。

Relative Property (T) and the Vanishing of the first $\ell^2$-Betti number

In this paper, we show that certain families with relative property (T) have trivial first $\ell^2$-Betti number. We apply this to the elementary matrix group $\EL_n(\R)$ where $\R$ is any countable unital ring of characteristic 0.

First $\ell^2$-Betti numbers and proper proximality

We show that for a countable exact group, having positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number implies proper proximality in this sense of \cite{BoIoPe21}. This is achieved by showing a cocycle superrigidty result for Bernoulli shifts of non-properly proximal groups. We also obtain that Bernoulli shifts of countable, nonamenable, i.c.c., exact, non-properly proximal groups are OE-superrigid.

Agrarian and $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of locally indicable groups, with a twist

We prove that twisted $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of locally indicable groups are equal to the usual $\ell^2$-Betti numbers rescaled by the dimension of the twisting representation; this answers a question of Lück for this class of groups. It also leads to two formulae: given a fibration $E$ with base space $B$ having locally indicable fundamental group, and with a simply-connected fibre $F$, the first formula bounds $\ell^2$-Betti numbers $b_i^{(2)}(E)$ of $E$ in terms of $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of $B$ and usual Betti numbers of $F$; the second formula computes $b_i^{(2)}(E)$ exactly in terms of th…

关于$\ell^2$-Betti数和右角Artin群(外)自同构群的代数纤维化

On the $\ell^2$-Betti numbers and algebraic fibring of the (outer) automorphism group of a right-angled Artin group

本文研究了右角Artin群的$\ell^2$-Betti数及外自同构群的代数纤维化特性，揭示了其非零条件与虚拟纤维化的关系。

W$^*$-superrigidity for wreath products with groups having positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number

In [BV12] we have proven that, for all hyperbolic groups and for all non-trivial free products $Γ$, the left-right wreath product group $G:=(Z/2Z)^{(Γ)} \rtimes (Γ\times Γ)$ is W$^*$-superrigid. In this paper, we extend this result to other classes of countable groups. More precisely, we prove that for weakly amenable groups $Γ$ having positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number, the same wreath product $G$ is W$^*$-superrigid.

关于正规生成与第一$\ell^2$-Betti数的注记

A note on normal generation and the first $\ell^2$-betti number

本文构造了满足特定$\ell^2$-Betti数与正规秩关系的可数无挠群，证伪了Osin和Thom关于无挠离散群第一$\ell^2$-Betti数上界的猜想。

L^2-Betti numbers and Plancherel measure

We compute $L^2$-Betti numbers of postliminal, locally compact, unimodular groups in terms of ordinary dimensions of reduced cohomology with coefficients in irreducible unitary representations and the Plancherel measure. This allows us to compute the $L^2$-Betti numbers for semi-simple Lie groups with finite center, simple algebraic groups over local fields, and automorphism groups of locally finite trees acting transitively on the boundary.

On acylindrical hyperbolicity of groups with positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number

We prove that every finitely presented group with positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number that virtually surjects onto $\mathbb Z$ is acylindrically hyperbolic. In particular, this implies acylindrical hyperbolicity of finitely presented residually finite groups with positive first $\ell^2$-Betti number as well as groups of deficiency at least $2$.

Higher Kazhdan projections, $\ell_2$-Betti numbers and Baum-Connes conjectures

We introduce higher-dimensional analogs of Kazhdan projections in matrix algebras over group $C^*$-algebras and Roe algebras. These projections are constructed in the framework of cohomology with coefficients in unitary representations and in certain cases give rise to non-trivial $K$-theory classes. We apply the higher Kazhdan projections to establish a relation between $\ell_2$-Betti numbers of a group and surjectivity of different Baum-Connes type assembly maps.

高阶Kazhdan投影与离域$\ell^2$-Betti数

Higher Kazhdan projections and delocalised $\ell^ 2$-Betti numbers

本文对特定自由积群和直积群的高阶Kazhdan投影的K-类给出了显式描述，并利用该描述计算了Lott的离域$\ell^2$-Betti数，首次得到了无限群的非零结果。

混合积群的高阶Kazhdan投影和离域ℓ²-Betti数

Higher Kazhdan projections and delocalized $\ell^2$-Betti numbers for an amalgamated product group

本文为混合积群ℤₘ*_(ℤ_d)ℤₙ的高阶Kazhdan投影建立K-理论类显式表达式，推广了Pooya和Wang关于自由积群的结果，并应用该表达式得到SL(2,ℤ)离域ℓ²-Betti数的非零结果。

Normal generation and $\ell^2$-betti numbers of groups

The \emph{normal rank} of a group is the minimal number of elements whose normal closure coincides with the group. We study the relation between the normal rank of a group and its first $\ell^2$-Betti number and conjecture that inequality $β_1^{(2)}(G)$ does not exceed normal rank minus 1 for torsion free groups. The conjecture is proved for limits of left-orderable amenable groups. On the other hand, for every $n\ge 2$ and every $\e>0$, we give an example of a simple group $Q$ (with torsion) such that $β_1^{(2)}(Q) \geq n-1-ε$. These groups also provide examples of simple groups of rank exact…

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

Let $n\ge 3$, and let $\mathrm{Out}(W_n)$ 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 $\mathbb{K}$) along Farber sequences of finite-index subgroups of $\mathrm{Out}(W_n)$. We show that, in all degrees up to $\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\rfloor-1$, these Betti numbers grow sublinearly in the index of the subgroup. When $\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{Q}$, through Lück's approximation theorem, this implies that all $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of $\mathrm{Out}(W_n)$ vanish up to degree $\lfloor\frac{n…

Cost, $\ell^2$-Betti numbers and the sofic entropy of some algebraic actions

In 1987, Ornstein and Weiss discovered that the Bernoulli $2$-shift over the rank two free group factors onto the seemingly larger Bernoulli $4$-shift. With the recent creation of an entropy theory for actions of sofic groups (in particular free groups), their example shows the surprising fact that entropy can increase under factor maps. In order to better understand this phenomenon, we study a natural generalization of the Ornstein--Weiss map for countable groups. We relate the increase in entropy to the cost and to the first $\ell^2$-Betti number of the group. More generally, we study coboun…

S-arithmetic spinor groups with the same finite quotients and distinct $\ell^2$-cohomology

In this note we refine examples by Aka from arithmetic to S-arithmetic groups to show that the vanishing of the $i$-th $\ell^2$-Betti number is not a profinite invariant for all $i \ge 2$.

Random Complexes and l^2-Betti Numbers

Uniform spanning trees on finite graphs and their analogues on infinite graphs are a well-studied area. On a Cayley graph of a group, we show that they are related to the first $\ell^2$-Betti number of the group. Our main aim, however, is to present the basic elements of a higher-dimensional analogue on finite and infinite CW-complexes, which relate to the higher $\ell^2$-Betti numbers. One consequence is a uniform isoperimetric inequality extending work of Lyons, Pichot, and Vassout. We also present an enumeration similar to recent work of Duval, Klivans, and Martin.

由灯夫群产生的L^2-Betti数

L^2-Betti numbers arising from the lamplighter group

本文利用交叉积代数构造公式，计算灯夫群代数及广义里程计代数的无理ℓ²-Betti数，扩展了Grabowski的结果，并完全刻画了里程计代数的ℓ²-Betti数集合。

Uniform non-amenability, cost, and the first l^2-Betti number

It is shown that $2β_1(\G)\leq h(\G)$ for any countable group $\G$, where $β_1(\G)$ is the first $\ell^2$-Betti number and $h(\G)$ the uniform isoperimetric constant. In particular, a countable group with non-vanishing first $\ell^2$-Betti number is uniformly non-amenable. We then define isoperimetric constants in the framework of measured equivalence relations. For an ergodic measured equivalence relation $R$ of type $\IIi$, the uniform isoperimetric constant $h(R)$ of $R$ is invariant under orbit equivalence and satisfies $$ 2β_1(R)\leq 2C(R)-2\leq h(R), $$ where $β_1(\R)$ is the first $\ell…

Further results on monoids acting on trees

This paper further develops the theory of arbitrary semigroups acting on trees via elliptic mappings. A key tool is the Lyndon-Chiswell length function L for the semigroup S which allows one to construct a tree T and an action of S on T via elliptic maps. Improving on previous results, the length function of the action will also be L.

Espaces de configuration généralisés. Espaces topologiques $i$-acycliques. Suites spectrales "basiques"

The generalized (ordered) configuration spaces associated to a topological space $X$ are the spaces $Δ_{\leq\ell}X^{m}:=\{(x_1,\ldots,x_{m})\in X^{m}\mid\#\{x_1,\ldots,x_{m}\}\leq \ell\}$ and $Δ_{\ell}X^{m}:=Δ_{\leq\ell}X^{m}\setminus Δ_{\leq\ell-1}$. They are equipped with the action of the symmetric group $S_m$ permuting coordinates. When $X$ has no interior cohomology (i.e. is $i$-acyclic) we are able to compute explicitly the character formula of $S_m$ acting on the cohomology of these spaces, and if $X$ is furthermore a connected and oriented pseudomanifold of dimension $\geq2$ we general…

Functions conditionally of negative type on groups acting on regular trees

Let $\mathcal{T}_{q+1}$ be the $(q+1)$-regular tree and let $G$ be a group of automorphisms acting transitively on the vertices and on the boundary of $\mathcal{T}_{q+1}$. We give an upper bound for the growth of cocycles with values in any unitary representation of the group $G$. This bound is optimal by projecting the Haagerup cocycle onto an appropriate subspace of $\ell^{2}(E)$. We also obtain a description of functions conditionally of negative type which are unbounded.

超几何群元素嵌入的 $\ell^2$ 障碍

An $\ell^2$ Obstruction for Elementary Embeddings of Hyperbolic Groups

本文研究了超几何群在第一阶逻辑下嵌入时 $\ell^2$ 零数的单调性，证明了非阿贝尔proper子群在无 torsion 超几何群中的元素嵌入下严格递增，并进一步展示了任意有限生成群的存在性嵌入的单调性。

Discrete and free groups acting on locally finite trees

We present an algorithm to decide whether or not a finitely generated subgroup of the isometry group of a locally finite simplicial tree is both discrete and free. The correctness of this algorithm relies on the following conjecture: every `minimal' $n$-tuple of isometries of a simplicial tree either contains an elliptic element or satisfies the hypotheses of the Ping Pong Lemma. We prove this conjecture for $n=2,3$, and show that it implies a generalisation of Ihara's Theorem.

Invariant quasimorphisms for groups acting on the circle and non-equivalence of SCL

We construct invariant quasimorphisms for groups acting on the circle. Furthermore, we provide a criterion for the non-extendablity of the resulting quasimorphisms and an explicit formula which relates the values of our quasimorphisms to those of the Poincaré translation number. By using them, we show that the stable commutator length $\mathrm{scl}_G$ and the stable mixed commutator length $\mathrm{scl}_{G,N}$ are not bi-Lipschitzly equivalent for the surface group $G=π_1(Σ_{\ell})$ of genus at least $2$ and its commutator subgroup $N = [π_1(Σ_{\ell}), π_1(Σ_{\ell})]$. We also show the non-equ…

The H-polynomial of a Group Embedding

The Poincaré polynomial of a Weyl group calculates the Betti numbers of the projective homogeneous space $G/B$, while the $h$-vector of a simple polytope calculates the Betti numbers of the corresponding rationally smooth toric variety. There is a common generalization of these two extremes called the $H$-polynomial. It applies to projective, homogeneous spaces, toric varieties and, much more generally, to any algebraic variety $X$ where there is a connected, solvable, algebraic group acting with a finite number of orbits. We illustrate this situation by describing the $H$-polynomials of certa…

Invariant random subgroups of groups acting on hyperbolic spaces

Suppose that a group $G$ acts non-elementarily on a hyperbolic space $S$ and does not fix any point of $\partial S$. A subgroup $H\le G$ is said to be geometrically dense in $G$ if the limit sets of $H$ and $G$ coincide and $H$ does not fix any point of $\partial S$. We prove that every invariant random subgroup of $G$ is either geometrically dense or contained in the elliptic radical (i.e., the maximal normal elliptic subgroup of $G$). In particular, every ergodic measure preserving action of an acylindrically hyperbolic group on a Borel probability space $(X,μ)$ either has finite stabilizers…

BNSR 不变量与 $\ell^2$-同调

BNSR invariants and $\ell^2$-homology

本研究在适当有限性条件下证明群的n次ℓ²-Betti数非零时其n次Q上BNSR不变量为空，将结果应用于非球面Kähler流形问题、Singer猜想验证及多自由群与多曲面群的BNSR不变量计算。