English

The passage from the integral to the rational group ring in algebraic $K$-theory

K-Theory and Homology 2025-10-20 v5

Abstract

An open question is whether the map K0~ZGK0~QG\widetilde{K_0 }\mathbb{Z} G \rightarrow \widetilde{K_0 }\mathbb{Q} G in reduced KK-theory from the integral to the rational group ring is trivial for any group GG. We will show that this is false, with a counterexample given by the group QD32Q16QD32QD_{32} *_{Q_{16}} QD_{32}. We will also show how to compute the image of the map K0~ZGK0~QG\widetilde{K_0 }\mathbb{Z} G \rightarrow \widetilde{K_0 }\mathbb{Q} G using representation theoretic means, assuming GG satisfies the Farrell-Jones conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2110.01413,
  title  = {The passage from the integral to the rational group ring in algebraic $K$-theory},
  author = {Georg Lehner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.01413},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

47 pages, work done as half of the authors thesis