{"title":"Twisted \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 L\u0000 2\u0000 \u0000 $L^2$\u0000 -Betti numbers for sofic groups","authors":"Jan Boschheidgen, Andrei Jaikin-Zapirain","doi":"10.1112/blms.13050","DOIUrl":"10.1112/blms.13050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For a given group <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$G$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, Wolfgang Lück asked whether twisting a chain complex of finitely generated free <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>C</mi>\u0000 <mo>[</mo>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mo>]</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$mathbb {C}[G]$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-modules with a finite-dimensional complex representation <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>V</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$V$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$G$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> before passing to the <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <annotation>$L^2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-completion has no other effect on <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <annotation>$L^2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-Betti numbers than a scaling by the factor <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mo>dim</mo>\u0000 <mi>C</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mi>V</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$dim _{mathbb {C}} V$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. The purpose of the article is to answer this question affirmatively provided <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$G$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is sofic.</p>","PeriodicalId":55298,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society","volume":"56 6","pages":"2178-2187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1112/blms.13050","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140663512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}