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A human property (T) proof for high-rank $Aut(F_n)$

Group Theory 2024-01-22 v2

Abstract

Existing property (T) proofs for Aut(Fn)Aut(F_n), n4n\geq 4, rely crucially on extensive computer calculations. We give a new proof that Aut(Fn)Aut(F_n) has property (T) for all but finitely many nn that is inspired by the semidefinite programming approach but does not use the computer in any step. More specifically, we prove property (T) for a certain extension Γn\Gamma_n of SAut(Fn)SAut(F_n) as nn\to\infty.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2312.13917,
  title  = {A human property (T) proof for high-rank $Aut(F_n)$},
  author = {Martin Nitsche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.13917},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

12 pages, 1 figure; v2: fixed a bad typo in main theorem statement