## Geometry & Topology

### The Farrell–Jones conjecture for arbitrary lattices in virtually connected Lie groups

#### Abstract

We prove the $K$– and the $L$–theoretic Farrell–Jones conjectures with coefficients in additive categories and with finite wreath products for arbitrary lattices in virtually connected Lie groups.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 20, Number 3 (2016), 1275-1287.

Dates
Accepted: 2 July 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 16 November 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1510858991

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2016.20.1275

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3523058

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1346.18019

#### Citation

Kammeyer, Holger; Lück, Wolfgang; Rüping, Henrik. The Farrell–Jones conjecture for arbitrary lattices in virtually connected Lie groups. Geom. Topol. 20 (2016), no. 3, 1275--1287. doi:10.2140/gt.2016.20.1275. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1510858991

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