Beno Eckmann
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It is shown that the \ell_2 -Betti numbers of an amenable covering of a finite cell-complex can be approximated by ordinary Betti numbers of the finite Fmlner subcomplexes. This is a new proof, using simple homological arguments, of a recent result of Dodziuk and Mathai.
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It is shown that the \ell_2 -Betti numbers of an amenable covering of a finite cell-complex can be approximated by ordinary Betti numbers of the finite Fmlner subcomplexes. This is a new proof, using simple homological arguments, of a recent result of Dodziuk and Mathai.
Key concepts: Betti number, Mathematics, Simple (philosophy), Combinatorics, Pure mathematics, Discrete mathematics, Epistemology, Philosophy