L^2-Betti numbers arising from the lamplighter group

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Main Authors: Ara, Pere, Claramunt, Joan
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author Ara, Pere
Claramunt, Joan
author_facet Ara, Pere
Claramunt, Joan
contents We apply a construction developed in a previous paper by the authors in order to obtain a formula which enables us to compute $\ell^2$-Betti numbers coming from a family of group algebras representable as crossed product algebras. As an application, we obtain a whole family of irrational $\ell^2$-Betti numbers arising from the lamplighter group algebra $K[\mathbb{Z}_2 \wr \mathbb{Z}]$, being $K$ a subfield of the complex numbers closed under complex conjugation. This procedure is constructive, in the sense that one has an explicit description of the elements realizing such irrational numbers. This extends the work made by Grabowski, who first computed irrational $\ell^2$-Betti numbers from the algebras $\mathbb{Q}[\mathbb{Z}_n \wr \mathbb{Z}]$, where $n \geq 2$ is a natural number. We also apply the techniques developed to the (generalized) odometer algebra $\mathcal{O}(\overline{n})$, where $\overline{n}$ is a supernatural number. We compute its $*$-regular closure, and this allows us to fully characterize the set of $\ell^2$-Betti numbers arising from $\mathcal{O}(\overline{n})$.
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spellingShingle L^2-Betti numbers arising from the lamplighter group
Ara, Pere
Claramunt, Joan
Group Theory
Combinatorics
Rings and Algebras
Primary 20C07, Secondary 20F65, 16E50
We apply a construction developed in a previous paper by the authors in order to obtain a formula which enables us to compute $\ell^2$-Betti numbers coming from a family of group algebras representable as crossed product algebras. As an application, we obtain a whole family of irrational $\ell^2$-Betti numbers arising from the lamplighter group algebra $K[\mathbb{Z}_2 \wr \mathbb{Z}]$, being $K$ a subfield of the complex numbers closed under complex conjugation. This procedure is constructive, in the sense that one has an explicit description of the elements realizing such irrational numbers. This extends the work made by Grabowski, who first computed irrational $\ell^2$-Betti numbers from the algebras $\mathbb{Q}[\mathbb{Z}_n \wr \mathbb{Z}]$, where $n \geq 2$ is a natural number. We also apply the techniques developed to the (generalized) odometer algebra $\mathcal{O}(\overline{n})$, where $\overline{n}$ is a supernatural number. We compute its $*$-regular closure, and this allows us to fully characterize the set of $\ell^2$-Betti numbers arising from $\mathcal{O}(\overline{n})$.
title L^2-Betti numbers arising from the lamplighter group
topic Group Theory
Combinatorics
Rings and Algebras
Primary 20C07, Secondary 20F65, 16E50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12814