Introduction To The Baum-Connes Conjecture - Brossura

Valette, Alain

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ISBN 10: 3764367067 ISBN 13: 9783764367060

Casa editrice: Birkhäuser Basel, 2002

Riassunto

The Baum-Connes conjecture is part of A. Connes' non-commutative geometry programme. It can be viewed as a conjectural generalisation of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, to the equivariant setting (the ambient manifold is not compact, but some compactness is restored by means of a proper, co-compact action of a group "gamma" ). Like the Atiyah-Singer theorem, the Baum-Connes conjecture states that a purely topological object coincides with a purely analytical one. For a given group "gamma", the topological object is the equivariant K-homology of the classifying space for proper actions of "gamma", while the analytical object is the K-theory of the C*-algebra associated with "gamma" in its regular representation. The Baum-Connes conjecture implies several other classical conjectures, ranging from differential topology to pure algebra. It has also strong connections with geometric group theory, as the proof of the conjecture for a given group "gamma" usually depends heavily on geometric properties of "gamma". This book is intended for graduate students and researchers in geometry (commutative or not), group theory, algebraic topology, harmonic analysis, and operator algebras. It presents, for the first time in book form, an introduction to the Baum-Connes conjecture. It starts by defining carefully the objects in both sides of the conjecture, then the assembly map which connects them. Thereafter it illustrates the main tool to attack the conjecture (Kasparov's theory), and it concludes with a rough sketch of V. Lafforgue's proof of the conjecture for co-compact lattices in in Spn1, SL (3R), and SL (3C).

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"Overall, the book is a very valuable addition to the literature on the Baum-Connes conjecture. It is highly recommended reading for anyone interested in learning more about the conjecture, or who does research in areas related to it. Of course, the reader who wants to be an expert will eventually have to consult the original literature, but such is inevitable in a book of this size (around 100 pages) and not necessarily a bad thing."

--Mathematical Reviews

Contenuti

1 Idempotents in Group Algebras.- 2 The Baum-Connes Conjecture.- 3K-theory for (Group) C*-algebras.- 4 Classifying Spaces andK-homology.- 5 EquivariantKK-theory.- 6 The Analytical Assembly Map.- 7 Some Examples of the Assembly Map.- 8 Property (RD).- 9 The Dirac-dual Dirac Method.- 10 Lafforgue’sKKBan Theory.- G. Mislin: On the Classifying Space for Proper Actions.- A.1 The topologist’s model.- A.2 The analyst’s model.- A.4 Spectra.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Birkhäuser Basel
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3764367067
• ISBN 13: 9783764367060
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 120
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile