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History

In 1976 Michael Atiyah introduced $l^2$ -cohomology of manifolds with a free co-compact action of a discrete countable group (e.g. the universal cover of a compact manifold together with the action of the fundamental group by deck transformations.) Atiyah defined also $l^2$-Betti numbers as von Neumann dimensions of the resulting $l^2$-cohomology groups, and computed several examples, which all turned out to be rational numbers. He therefore asked if it is possible for $l^2$-Betti numbers to be irrational.

Since then, various researchers asked more refined questions about possible values of $l^2$-Betti numbers, all of which are customarily referred to as "Atiyah conjecture".

Results

Many positive results were proven by Peter Linnell. For example, if the group acting is a free group, then the $l^2$-Betti numbers are integers.

The most general question open as of late 2011 is whether $l^2$-Betti numbers are rational if there is a bound on the orders of finite subgroups of the group which acts. In fact, precise relationship between possible denominators and the orders in question is conjectured; in the case of torsion-free groups this statement generalizes the zero-divisors conjecture. For a discussion see the article of B. Eckmann.

In the case there is no such bound, Tim Austin showed in 2009 that $l^2$-Betti numbers can assume transcendal values. Later it was shown that in that case they can be any non-negative real numbers.

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