The analytic zero-divisor conjecture for torsion-free groups

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Let GG be a torsion-free group. Write α∈CG\alpha \in \mathbb{C}G as a finitely supported formal sum and let f∈ℓ2(G)f \in \ell^2(G); their convolution is

α∗f=∑g,h∈Gagbhgh.\alpha \ast f = \sum_{g,h \in G} a_g b_h gh.

Analytic zero-divisor conjecture. If 0≠α∈CG0 \neq \alpha \in \mathbb{C}G and 0≠f∈ℓ2(G)0 \neq f \in \ell^2(G), then

α∗f≠0.\alpha \ast f \neq 0.

This is an analytic version of the zero-divisor conjecture and is implied by the strong Atiyah conjecture. Its resolution is not established in the supplied source context.

References

Primary source

Peter A. Linnell, Michael J. Puls and Ahmed Roman, “Linear Dependency of Translations and Square Integrable Representations”, arXiv:1509.00493 (2017).

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