We consider a two-sided Pompeiu type problem for a discrete group $G$. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a finite set $K$ of $G$ to have the $mathcal{F}(G)$-Pompeiu property. Using group von Neumann algebra techniques, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for $G$ to be a $ell^2(G)$-Pompeiu group
Coxeter groups are a special class of groups generated by involutions. They play important roles in the various areas of mathematics. This survey particularly focuses on how one use Coxeter groups to construct interesting examples of discrete subgroups of Lie group.
These lecture notes are meant to accompany two lectures given at the CDM 2016 conference, about the Kadison-Singer Problem. They are meant to complement the survey by the same authors (along with Spielman) which appeared at the 2014 ICM. In the first part of this survey we will introduce the Kadison-Singer problem from two perspectives ($C^*$ algebras and spectral graph theory) and present some examples showing where the difficulties in solving it lie. In the second part we will develop the framework of interlacing families of polynomials, and show how it is used to solve the problem. None of the results are new, but we have added annotations and examples which we hope are of pedagogical value.
We give a new proof of the Baum--Connes conjecture with coefficients for any second countable, locally compact topological group that acts properly and cocompactly on a finite-dimensional CAT(0)-cubical space with bounded geometry. The proof uses the Julg-Valette complex of a CAT(0)-cubical space introduced by the first three authors, and the direct splitting method in Kasparov theory developed by the last author.
This paper addresses a decision problem highlighted by Grigorchuk, Nekrashevich, and Sushchanskii, namely the finiteness problem for automaton (semi)groups. For semigroups, we give an effective sufficient but not necessary condition for finiteness and, for groups, an effective necessary but not sufficient condition. The efficiency of the new criteria is demonstrated by testing all Mealy automata with small stateset and alphabet. Finally, for groups, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition that does not directly lead to a decision procedure.
A group $Gamma$ is said to be periodic if for any $g$ in $Gamma$ there is a positive integer $n$ with $g^n=id$. We first prove that a finitely generated periodic group acting on the 2-sphere $SS^2$ by $C^1$-diffeomorphisms with a finite orbit, is finite and conjugate to a subgroup of $mathrm{O}(3,R)$ and we use it for proving that a finitely generated periodic group of spherical diffeomorphisms with even bounded orders is finite. Finally, we show that a finitely generated periodic group of homeomorphisms of any orientable compact surface other than the 2-sphere or the 2-torus (which is the purpose of a previous paper of the authors) is finite.