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High-dimensional expansion and soficity of groups

Group Theory 2024-03-19 v2

Abstract

For d4d \geq 4 and pp a sufficiently large prime, we construct a lattice ΓPSp2d(Qp),\Gamma \leq {\rm PSp}_{2d}(\mathbb Q_p), such that its universal central extension cannot be sofic if Γ\Gamma satisfies some weak form of stability in permutations. In the proof, we make use of high-dimensional expansion phenomena and, extending results of Lubotzky, we construct new examples of cosystolic expanders over arbitrary finite abelian groups.

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@article{arxiv.2403.09582,
  title  = {High-dimensional expansion and soficity of groups},
  author = {Lukas Gohla and Andreas Thom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.09582},
  year   = {2024}
}

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23 pages, no figures; v2 update

R2 v1 2026-06-28T15:20:26.385Z