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The ℓ¹-Bass conjecture for all discrete groups

OpenAI research collection · 2 manuscripts · Source checked 2026-10-19

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Proves the ℓ^(1)-Bass conjecture for every discrete group: Hattori–Stallings traces of idempotent matrices over \ell^1(G) are supported on finitely many finite-order conjugacy classes. The algebraic companion proves the integral Bass trace conjecture and Kaplansky's idempotent conjecture for torsion-free groups over every commutative unital characteristic-zero domain.

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The ℓ¹-Bass Conjecture for Discrete Groups

We prove the ℓ^(1)-Bass conjecture for every discrete group. The Hattori–Stallings trace of every idempotent matrix over the complex ℓ^(1) group algebra is supported on finitely many conjugacy classes of finite-order elements.

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The Bass trace conjecture and the characteristic-zero Kaplansky idempotent conjecture

We prove the complex group-ring Bass trace conjecture for every discrete group: the Hattori–Stallings trace of a finitely generated projective module over its complex group ring is supported on conjugacy classes of finite-order elements. As a consequence, for every torsion-free group G and every commutative unital domain R of…

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We prove the complex group-ring Bass trace conjecture for every discrete group: the Hattori–Stallings trace of a finitely generated projective module over its complex group ring is supported on conjugacy classes of finite-order elements. As a consequence, for every torsion-free group G and every commutative unital domain R of characteristic zero, the only idempotents in RG are 0 and 1. This proves Kaplansky's idempotent conjecture in characteristic zero.

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