English

Invariant Random Subgroups, Soficity, and L\"uck's determinant conjecture

Operator Algebras 2025-09-23 v2 Group Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We extend L\"uck's determinant conjecture from groups to invariant random subgroups (IRS) of free groups, a framework generalizing groups where a non-sofic object is known to exist. For every free group, we prove the existence of an IRS satisfying the determinant conjecture that is not co-hyperlinear, and hence not co-sofic. This provides evidence that satisfying the determinant conjecture might be a weaker property than soficity for groups, and consequently the conjecture possibly holds for all groups. We use techniques from non-local games and MIP=RE\mathsf{MIP}^* = \mathsf{RE}, showing more generally when the latter can be used to narrow down when a von Neumann algebra (or IRS) contains a non-Connes embeddable object.

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@article{arxiv.2508.15154,
  title  = {Invariant Random Subgroups, Soficity, and L\"uck's determinant conjecture},
  author = {Aareyan Manzoor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.15154},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

15 pages, v2: the proof of theorem 3.4 needed a computability condition on lemma 3.5, which was added. Made minor expositional changes

R2 v1 2026-07-01T04:59:18.144Z