Rational group ring elements with kernels having irrational dimension

Tim Austin

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Abstract

We prove that there are examples of finitely generated groups Γ together with group ring elements Q∈QΓ for which the von Neumann dimension dim ker Q is irrational, thus (in conjunction with other known results) answering a question of Atiyah.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1424-1448
Number of pages25
JournalProceedings of the London Mathematical Society
Volume107
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)

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