Cohomological methods in stability
- 👤 Speaker: Andreas Thom (Technische Universität Dresden)
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 26 November 2025, 10:15 - 11:15
- 📍 Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute
Abstract
For d≥4 and p a sufficiently large prime, we construct a lattice Γ≤PSp2d(ℚp), such that its universal central extension cannot be sofic if Γ satisfies some weak form of stability in permutations. In the proof, we make use of high-dimensional expansion phenomena. A key ingredient are new cohomological obstructions to weak containment of actions.
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Andreas Thom (Technische Universität Dresden)
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 10:15-11:15