Proper Group Actions and the Baum-Connes Conjecture

by Alain Valette, Guido Mislin, Guido Mislin

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764304081
• ISBN13: 9783764304089
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"