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Isoperimetric inequalities and the Friedlander-Milnor conjecture

K-Theory and Homology 2007-05-23 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We prove that Friedlander's generalized isomorphism conjecture on the cohomology of algebraic groups, and hence the Isomorphism Conjecture for the cohomology of the complex algebraic Lie group G(C) made discrete, are equivalent to the existence of an isoperimetric inequality in the homological bar complex of G(F), where F is the algebraic closure of a finite field.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403426,
  title  = {Isoperimetric inequalities and the Friedlander-Milnor conjecture},
  author = {Tibor Beke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403426},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

20 pages, revised. At the referee's request, historically inappropriate uses of the term "Milnor's conjecture" replaced by "Friedlander's conjecture". Information added on the history of the conjecture(s). Two references added. No mathematical changes. To appear in Crelle's Journal

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