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arxiv: 0711.1643 · v2 · submitted 2007-11-11 · 🧮 math.GR · math.DS· math.OA· math.PR

A Measurable-Group-Theoretic Solution to von Neumann's Problem

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We give a positive answer, in the measurable-group-theory context, to von Neumann's problem of knowing whether a non-amenable countable discrete group contains a non-cyclic free subgroup. We also get an embedding result of the free-group von Neumann factor into restricted wreath product factors.

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