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On the cohomology of SL$_n(\mathbb{Z})$

Number Theory 2024-02-15 v1

Abstract

Let St denote the Steinberg module of SLn(Q)SL_n(Q) tensored with Q. Let Sh denote the sharbly resolution of St. By Borel-Serre duality, Hn(n1)/2i(SLn(Z),Q)H^{n(n-1)/2-i}(SL_n(Z),Q) is isomorphic to Hi(SLn(Z),St)H_i(SL_n(Z),St). The latter is isomorphic to the homology of the SLn(Z)SL_n(Z)-coinvariants of Sh. We produce nonzero classes in Hi(SLn(Z),St)H_i(SL_n(Z),St) for certain small ii in terms of sharbly cycles and cosharbly cocycles.

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@article{arxiv.2402.08840,
  title  = {On the cohomology of SL$_n(\mathbb{Z})$},
  author = {Avner Ash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.08840},
  year   = {2024}
}

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