OpenAI · 285-02 · 2026-09-23 · Operator algebras
A torsion-free counterexample to the Kadison–Kaplansky projection conjecture
preprints/A-Torsion-Free-Counterexample-to-the-Kadison-Kaplansky-Projection-Conjecture-September-23-2026
Family 285. Counterexamples to Baum–Connes and Kadison–Kaplansky.
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Disproves the coefficient-free reduced Baum–Connes conjecture through a failure of rational injectivity and a separate failure of surjectivity of assembly. A finitely generated torsion-free example witnesses the injectivity failure. Separately, a torsion-free group has a nontrivial projection in its reduced group -algebra, disproving the Kadison–Kaplansky conjecture.
We construct a finitely generated torsion-free discrete group whose reduced group C∗-algebra contains a projection other than zero and the identity. This disproves the Kadison–Kaplansky projection conjecture.
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