03602nam 22006135 450 991013493110332120200707013042.03-319-19333-310.1007/978-3-319-19333-5(CKB)4210000000000430(SSID)ssj0001585231(PQKBManifestationID)16265201(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001585231(PQKBWorkID)14864239(PQKB)11434479(DE-He213)978-3-319-19333-5(MiAaPQ)EBC5576548(PPN)188950001(EXLCZ)99421000000000043020151012d2015 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrIntroduction to Sofic and Hyperlinear Groups and Connes' Embedding Conjecture /by Valerio Capraro, Martino Lupini1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (VIII, 151 p.) Lecture Notes in Mathematics,0075-8434 ;2136Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-319-19332-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Sofic and hyperlinear groups -- Connes' embedding conjecture -- Conclusions.This monograph presents some cornerstone results in the study of sofic and hyperlinear groups and the closely related Connes' embedding conjecture. These notions, as well as the proofs of many results, are presented in the framework of model theory for metric structures. This point of view, rarely explicitly adopted in the literature, clarifies the ideas therein, and provides additional tools to attack open problems. Sofic and hyperlinear groups are countable discrete groups that can be suitably approximated by finite symmetric groups and groups of unitary matrices. These deep and fruitful notions, introduced by Gromov and Radulescu, respectively, in the late 1990s, stimulated an impressive amount of research in the last 15 years, touching several seemingly distant areas of mathematics including geometric group theory, operator algebras, dynamical systems, graph theory, and quantum information theory. Several long-standing conjectures, still open for arbitrary groups, are now settled for sofic or hyperlinear groups. The presentation is self-contained and accessible to anyone with a graduate-level mathematical background. In particular, no specific knowledge of logic or model theory is required. The monograph also contains many exercises, to help familiarize the reader with the topics present.Lecture Notes in Mathematics,0075-8434 ;2136Group theoryOperator theoryGroup Theory and Generalizationshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M11078Operator Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M12139Group theory.Operator theory.Group Theory and Generalizations.Operator Theory.512.2Capraro Valerioauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut717976Lupini Martinoauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910134931103321Introduction to Sofic and Hyperlinear Groups and Connes' Embedding Conjecture1939116UNINA