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On L2-Betti Numbers for Abelian Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Harold Donnelly*
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Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
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Let M be a differentiable manifold which admits the free action of a group Γ with compact quotient M’ = M/Γ. Suppose that the Γ action lifts to a Hermitian vector bundle E→M. If Γ leaves invariant a measure μ on M, then denote by L2(E) the completion of with respect to the inner product .

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1981

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