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Perfect forms and the cohomology of modular groups

Number Theory 2010-01-07 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

For N=5, 6 and 7, using the classification of perfect quadratic forms, we compute the homology of the Voronoi cell complexes attached to the modular groups SL_N(\Z) and GL_N(\Z). From this we deduce the rational cohomology of those groups.

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@article{arxiv.1001.0789,
  title  = {Perfect forms and the cohomology of modular groups},
  author = {Philippe Elbaz-Vincent and Herbert Gangl and Christophe Soulé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0789},
  year   = {2010}
}

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17 pages, 7 tables and figures