{"title":"Certifying numerical estimates of spectral gaps","authors":"M. Kaluba, P. Nowak","doi":"10.1515/gcc-2018-0004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We establish a lower bound on the spectral gap of the Laplace operator on special linear groups using conic optimisation. In particular, this provides a constructive (but computer assisted) proof that these groups have the Kazhdan property (T). Software for such optimisation for other finitely presented groups is provided.","PeriodicalId":41862,"journal":{"name":"Groups Complexity Cryptology","volume":"18 1","pages":"33 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2017-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Groups Complexity Cryptology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/gcc-2018-0004","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract We establish a lower bound on the spectral gap of the Laplace operator on special linear groups using conic optimisation. In particular, this provides a constructive (but computer assisted) proof that these groups have the Kazhdan property (T). Software for such optimisation for other finitely presented groups is provided.