Lück's homotopy-invariance conjecture for L2-Reidemeister torsion

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Let XX be a finite CWCW-complex with fundamental group π\pi. If XX is L2L^2-acyclic and of determinant class, define its additive L2L^2-Reidemeister torsion by

T(2)(X):=∑p(−1)ppln⁡det⁡πΔp.T^{(2)}(X):=\sum_p(-1)^p p\ln\operatorname{det}_\pi\Delta_p.

Lück's homotopy-invariance conjecture. L2L^2-Reidemeister torsion is a homotopy invariant.

The text says that this torsion is already an invariant of simple homotopy type and records Lück's conjecture that it is invariant under ordinary homotopy equivalence. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Thomas Schick, “L2-determinant class and approximation of L2-Betti numbers”, arXiv:math/9807032 (2011).

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