Proper Group Actions and the Baum-Connes Conjecture |
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Author:
| Mislin, Guido Valette, Alain |
Series title: | Advanced Courses in Mathematics - CRM Barcelona Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-0348-8089-3 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
Publisher: | Birkhauser Verlag
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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A concise introduction to the techniques used to prove the Baum-Connes conjecture. The Baum-Connes conjecture predicts that the K-homology of the reduced C^*-algebra of a group can be computed as the equivariant K-homology of the classifying space for proper actions. The approach is expository, but it contains proofs of many basic results on topological K-homology and the K-theory of C^*-algebras. It features a detailed introduction to Bredon homology for infinite groups, with...
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A concise introduction to the techniques used to prove the Baum-Connes conjecture. The Baum-Connes conjecture predicts that the K-homology of the reduced C^*-algebra of a group can be computed as the equivariant K-homology of the classifying space for proper actions. The approach is expository, but it contains proofs of many basic results on topological K-homology and the K-theory of C^*-algebras. It features a detailed introduction to Bredon homology for infinite groups, with applications to K-homology. It also contains a detailed discussion of naturality questions concerning the assembly map, a topic not well documented in the literature.
The book is aimed at advanced graduate students and researchers in the area, leading to current research problems.