L2-determinant class and approximation of l2-betti numbers

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3247-3265

  Schick, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approximation; Homotopy invariance; L2 betti numbers; L2 determinant; L2 torsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044528276     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-01-02699-x     Document Type: Article

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