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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 243 - Functional Analysis Seminar

Bin Sun

Cambridge University

$L^2$-Betti numbers of fiber bundles

Abstract:

We study the $L^2$-Betti numbers of fiber bundles $F\rightarrow E\rightarrow B$ of manifolds. Under certain conditions (e.g., when $F$ is simply connected), $b^{(2)}_{\ast}(E)$ can be computed using the twisted $L^2$-Betti numbers of $B$. We relate the twisted and untwisted $L^2$-Betti numbers of $B$ when $\pi_1(B)$ is locally indicable. As an application, we compute $b^{(2)}_{\ast}(E)$ when $B$ is either a surface or a non-positively curved $3$-manifold. This is a joint work with Dawid Kielak.

Host: Adrian Ioana

August 4, 2022

11:00 AM

AP&M 6402

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