Vanishing of L2–Betti numbers and failure of acylindrical hyperbolicity of matrix groups over rings
Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 17 (2017) no. 5, pp. 2825-2840

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Let R be an infinite commutative ring with identity and n ≥ 2 an integer. We prove that for each integer i = 0,1,…,n − 2, the L2–Betti number bi(2)(G) vanishes when G is the general linear group GLn(R), the special linear group SLn(R) or the group En(R) generated by elementary matrices. When R is an infinite principal ideal domain, similar results are obtained when G is the symplectic group Sp2n(R), the elementary symplectic group ESp2n(R), the split orthogonal group O(n,n)(R) or the elementary orthogonal group EO(n,n)(R). Furthermore, we prove that G is not acylindrically hyperbolic if n ≥ 4. We also prove similar results for a class of noncommutative rings. The proofs are based on a notion of n–rigid rings.

DOI : 10.2140/agt.2017.17.2825
Classification : 20F65
Keywords: $L^2$-Betti number, acylindrical hyperbolicity, matrix groups

Ji, Feng 1 ; Ye, Shengkui 2

1 Infinitus, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu, China
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Ji, Feng; Ye, Shengkui. Vanishing of L2–Betti numbers and failure of acylindrical hyperbolicity of matrix groups over rings. Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 17 (2017) no. 5, pp. 2825-2840. doi: 10.2140/agt.2017.17.2825

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