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Amenability, lp-homologies and translation invariant functionals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Gábor Elek
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest 1364, POB 127, Hungary
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Abstract

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We introduce a new homology theory for infinite graphs in order to generalize some results of Willis and Woodward on translation invariant functionals. We also extend some theorems of Gerl and Gromov.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1998

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