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Exactness and uniform embeddability of discrete groups

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We define a numerical quasi-isometry invariant of a finitely generated group, whose values parametrize the difference between the group being uniformly embeddable in a Hilbert space and the reduced C*-algebra of the group being exact.

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@article{arxiv.math/0309166,
  title  = {Exactness and uniform embeddability of discrete groups},
  author = {Erik Guentner and Jerome Kaminker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0309166},
  year   = {2007}
}

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20 pages, Latex