# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2010, 26(3): 967-987. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2010.26.967

## A dynamical approach to von Neumann dimension

 1 Max Planck Institut f¨ur Mathematik, Vivatsgasse 7, 53111 Bonn, Germany

Received  May 2009 Revised  September 2009 Published  December 2009

Let $\Gamma$ be an amenable group and $V$ be a finite dimensional vector space. Gromov pointed out that the von Neumann dimension of linear subspaces of l$^2(\Gamma;V)$ (with respect to $\Gamma$) can be obtained by looking at a growth factor for a dynamical (pseudo-)distance. This dynamical point of view (reminiscent of metric entropy) does not requires a Hilbertian structure. It is used in this article to associate to a $\Gamma$-invariant linear subspaces $Y$ of l$^p(\Gamma;V)$ a real positive number dimlp Y (which is the von Neumann dimension when $p=2$). By analogy with von Neumann dimension, the properties of this quantity are explored to conclude that there can be no injective $\Gamma$-equivariant linear map of finite-type from l$^p(\Gamma;V) \to$l$^p(\Gamma; V')$ if $\dim V > \dim V'$. A generalization of the Ornstein-Weiss lemma is developed along the way.
Citation: Antoine Gournay. A dynamical approach to von Neumann dimension. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2010, 26 (3) : 967-987. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2010.26.967
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