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arxiv: 0912.1091 · v1 · submitted 2009-12-06 · 🧮 math.GR · math.FA

Relative Property (T) and the Vanishing of the first ell²-Betti number

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In this paper, we show that certain families with relative property (T) have trivial first $\ell^2$-Betti number. We apply this to the elementary matrix group $\EL_n(\R)$ where $\R$ is any countable unital ring of characteristic 0.

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