The rationality and integrality conjecture for L2L^2-Betti numbers

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Let Γ\Gamma be a group and let XX be a free finite Γ\Gamma-CW-complex. For each degree pp, let bp(2)(X;N(Γ))b_p^{(2)}(X;\mathcal{N}(\Gamma)) denote the corresponding L2L^2-Betti number. Let dd be a positive integer such that the order of every finite subgroup of Γ\Gamma divides dd.

Rationality and integrality conjecture. For every degree pp,

bp(2)(X;N(Γ))Q.b_p^{(2)}(X;\mathcal{N}(\Gamma))\in\mathbb{Q}.

Moreover,

dbp(2)(X;N(Γ))Z.d\,b_p^{(2)}(X;\mathcal{N}(\Gamma))\in\mathbb{Z}.

The assertion concerns the possible arithmetic values of L2L^2-Betti numbers for finite free Γ\Gamma-complexes. The source gives no evidence of resolution status.

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Primary source

Wolfgang Lueck, “Dimension theory of arbitrary modules over finite von Neumann algebras and applications to L^2-Betti numbers”, arXiv:dg-ga/9707011 (1997).

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