THE K-THEORY OF GROMOVS TRANSLATION ALGEBRAS AND THE AMENABILITY OF DISCRETE-GROUPS

Authors
ELEK G
Citation
G. Elek, THE K-THEORY OF GROMOVS TRANSLATION ALGEBRAS AND THE AMENABILITY OF DISCRETE-GROUPS, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 125(9), 1997, pp. 2551-2553
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, General",Mathematics,Mathematics
Journal title
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029939
Volume
125
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2551 - 2553
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9939(1997)125:9<2551:TKOGTA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We prove the following theorem. A finitely generated group Gamma is am enable if and only if 1 not equal 0 in K-0(T(Gamma)), the algebraic K- theory group of its translation algebra.