Carlson–Toledo conjecture on virtually positive second Betti number of Kähler groups

Let GG be an infinite Kähler group, meaning the fundamental group of a smooth complex Kähler manifold. Carlson–Toledo conjecture. There exists a finite-index subgroup GG^\circ of GG such that its second Betti number b2(G)b_2(G^\circ) is positive. This conjecture predicts a virtual cohomological property for infinite Kähler groups; the source presents it as a conjecture and gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Indranil Biswas and Buddhadev Hajra, “On compact complex surfaces with finite homotopy rank-sum”, arXiv:2408.04558 (2024).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2009–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1302.0607, arXiv:1209.1754, arXiv:0906.2606.

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