K-theory and Operator Algebras : Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, April 21 - 25, 1975

Morrel, B. B.; Singer, I. M.

ISBN 10: 354008133X / ISBN 13: 9783540081333

Published by Springer, 1977

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: K-theory and Operator Algebras : Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, April 21 - 25, 1975
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354008133X
• ISBN 13: 9783540081333
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A survey of K-theory.- Characterizing Ext(X).- Almost commuting algebras.- Extensions of C*-algebras and K-homology.- Bundles and sheaves are equivalent in the category of banach spaces.- Topological obstructions to perturbations of pairs of operators.- On algebraic K-theory and the homology of congruence subgroups.- Configuration spaces.- Extensions of C*-algebras and the reducing essential matricial spectra of an operator.- K-homology theory and algebraic K-theory.- Some remarks on operator theory and index theory.- Factors of type III.- Twisted products of Banach algebras and third ?ech cohomology.- H-cobordisms, pseudo-isotopies, and analytic torsion.