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Bounded Cohomology Characterizes Hyperbolic Groups

2002/03/01 by Igor Mineyev · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Algebra over a field #Bounded function #Cohomology #Combinatorics #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Pure mathematics

paper · doi:10.1093/qjmath/53.1.59

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Abstract

A finitely presentable group G is hyperbolic if and only if the map Hb2 (G, V) → H2 (G, V) is surjective for any bounded G‐module. The ‘only if’ direction is known and here we prove the ‘if’ direction. We also consider several ways to define a linear homological isoperimetric inequality.

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