The Novikov conjecture for linear groups
Guentner, Erik ; Higson, Nigel ; Weinberger, Shmuel
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 102 (2005), p. 243-268 / Harvested from Numdam
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Let K be a field. We show that every countable subgroup of GL (n,K) is uniformly embeddable in a Hilbert space. This implies that Novikov’s higher signature conjecture holds for these groups. We also show that every countable subgroup of GL (2,K) admits a proper, affine isometric action on a Hilbert space. This implies that the Baum-Connes conjecture holds for these groups. Finally, we show that every subgroup of GL (n,K) is exact, in the sense of C * -algebra theory.

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Guentner, Erik; Higson, Nigel; Weinberger, Shmuel. The Novikov conjecture for linear groups. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 102 (2005) pp. 243-268. doi : 10.1007/s10240-005-0030-5. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/PMIHES_2005__101__243_0/

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