The Farrell-Jones Conjecture for cocompact lattices in virtually connected Lie groups

Bartels, A.; Farrell, F.; Lück, W.

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-2014-00782-7

The Farrell-Jones Conjecture for cocompact lattices in virtually connected Lie groups
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by A. Bartels, F. T. Farrell and W. Lück;

J. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (2014), 339-388

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-2014-00782-7

Published electronically: January 15, 2014

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Abstract:

Let $G$ be a cocompact lattice in a virtually connected Lie group or the fundamental group of a three-dimensional manifold. We prove the $K$- and $L$-theoretic Farrell-Jones Conjectures for $G$.

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