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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788785503321

Titolo

Index theory of elliptic operators, foliations, and operator algebras : proceedings of AMS Special Sessions, held January 7, 1986 and April 11, 1986 / / Jerome Kaminker, Kenneth C. Millett, and Claude Schochet, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [1988]

©1988

ISBN

0-8218-7659-7

0-8218-5077-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Collana

Contemporary mathematics, , 0271-4132 ; ; 70 , 0271-4132

Disciplina

515.7/242

Soggetti

Index theory (Mathematics)

Elliptic operators

Foliations (Mathematics)

Operator algebras

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

English and French.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents --  Preface --  The theory of levels --  Toeplitz operators and the eta invariant: the case of S1 --  Sur la Conjecture de Novikov --  A new proof of the K-amenability of SU(1, 1) --  Some interesting group actions --  A relation between index and exotic classes --  The Universal Coefficient Theorem for equivariant K-theory of real and complex C*-algebras --  Equivariant K-theory for proper actions and C*-algebras --  Equivariant K-theory for proper actions II: some cases in which finite dimensional bundles suffice --  Operator algebras and index theory on non-compact manifolds --  K-theory of group C*-algebras, foliation algebras and crossed products --  Preface --  1. Group C *-algebras and crossed products --  2. Foliation C *-algebras --  3. K-theory of C *-algebras --  4. The Kasparov KK-functor --  5. Batt periodicity revisited --  6. The big picture --  Selected references --  Non-commutative CW-complexes.