Generator problem for certain property T factors.

Ge, Liming; Shen, Junhao · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2002

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We show that the property T factors associated with groups SL(n)(Z), n > or = 3 are generated by two selfadjoint elements, one of which has an arbitrarily small support. This answers a question of Dan Voiculescu.