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2025
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02138 |
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- Let $Γ$ be a discrete finitely presented group. Pick any system $S$ of generators in $Γ$. In Cayley graph $\mathrm{Cay}(Γ)=\mathrm{Cay}(Γ, S)$ with edge set $E$, glue with oriented polygons all the group relations translated to all the points of $Γ$; denote the obtained simply connected complex by $\mathrm{Cay}^{(2)}(Γ)$. We study non-negative Hodge--Laplace operator $Δ_1$ on edge functions which is defined via complex $\mathrm{Cay}^{(2)}(Γ)$; $Δ_1$ acts on $$ \ell^2_{0,c}(E):= \mathrm{clos}_{\ell^2(E)} \left\{\mbox{finitely supported closed $1$-(co)chains in }\mathrm{Cay}^{}(Γ)\right\}. $$ We prove the following implication in the spirit of Kesten Theorem: if $Δ_1|_{\ell_{0,c}^2(E)}$ has a spectral gap then $Γ$ either has exponential growth or is virtually $\mathbb Z$.