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Nicolas Monod

Some comments on piecewise-projective groups of the line

We consider groups of piecewise-projective homeomorphisms of the line which are known to be non-amenable using notably the Carrière–Ghys theorem on ergodic equivalence relations. Replacing that theorem by an explicit fixed-point argument, we can strengthen ...

2025

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Nicolas Monod

2025

A family of exotic group C*-algebras

Nicolas Monod

We show that a large family of groups without non-abelian free subgroups satisfy the following strengthening of nonamenability: they each have a rich supply of irreducible representations defining exotic C* -algebras. The construction is explicit. (c) 2024 ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2024

Lie groups in the symmetric group: Reducing Ulam's problem to the simple case

Nicolas Monod

Ulam asked whether all Lie groups can be represented faithfully on a countable set. We establish a reduction of Ulam's problem to the case of simple Lie groups. In particular, we solve the problem for all solvable Lie groups and more generally Lie groups w ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2023

A type I conjecture and boundary representations of hyperbolic groups

Nicolas Monod

We establish new results on the weak containment of quasi-regular and Koopman representations of a second countable locally compact group G

G

associated with nonsingular G

G

-spaces. We deduce that any two boundary representations of a hyperbolic locally ...

WILEY2023

Bounded and unbounded cohomology of homeomorphism and diffeomorphism groups

Nicolas Monod

We determine the bounded cohomology of the group of homeomorphisms of certain low-dimensional manifolds. In particular, for the group of orientation-preserving homeomorphisms of the circle and of the closed 2-disc, it is isomorphic to the polynomial ring g ...

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG2023

Lamplighters and the bounded cohomology of Thompson's group

Nicolas Monod

We prove the vanishing of the bounded cohomology of lamplighter groups for a wide range of coefficients. This implies the same vanishing for a number of groups with self-similarity properties, such as Thompson's group F. In particular, these groups are bou ...

SPRINGER BASEL AG2022

The cohomology of semi-simple Lie groups, viewed from infinity

Nicolas Monod

We prove that the real cohomology of semi-simple Lie groups admits boundary values, which are measurable cocycles on the Furstenberg boundary. This generalises known invariants such as the Maslov index on Shilov boundaries, the Euler class on projective sp ...

2022

Lie groups as permutation groups: Ulam's problem in the nilpotent case

Nicolas Monod

Ulam asked whether every connected Lie group can be represented on a countable structure. This is known in the linear case. We establish it for the first family of non-linear groups, namely in the nilpotent case. Further context is discussed to illustrate ...

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH2022

Furstenberg boundaries for pairs of groups

Nicolas Monod

Furstenberg has associated to every topological group G a universal boundary partial derivative(G). If we consider in addition a subgroup H < G, the relative notion of (G,H)-oundaries admits again a maximal object partial derivative(G, H). In the case of d ...

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS2021

A type I conjecture and boundary representations of hyperbolic groups

Nicolas Monod

We establish new results on the weak containment of quasi-regular and Koopman representations of a second countable locally compact group G

G

associated with nonsingular G

G

-spaces. We deduce that any two boundary representations of a hyperbolic locally ...

WILEY2023