Surveys in Noncommutative Geometry

Nigel Higson

ISBN 10: 0821838466 / ISBN 13: 9780821838464

Published by American Mathematical Society, US, 2006

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In June 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute organized an Instructional Symposium on Noncommutative Geometry in conjunction with the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference. These events were held at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts from June 18 to 29, 2000. The Instructional Symposium consisted of several series of expository lectures which were intended to introduce key topics in noncommutative geometry to mathematicians unfamiliar with the subject.Those expository lectures have been edited and are reproduced in this volume. The lectures of Rosenberg and Weinberger discuss various applications of noncommutative geometry to problems in 'ordinary' geometry and topology. The lectures of Lagarias and Tretkoff discuss the Riemann hypothesis and the possible application of the methods of noncommutative geometry in number theory. Higson gives an account of the 'residue index theorem' of Connes and Moscovici. Noncommutative geometry is to an unusual extent the creation of a single mathematician, Alain Connes. The present volume gives an extended introduction to several aspects of Connes' work in this fascinating area.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Surveys in Noncommutative Geometry
• Publisher: American Mathematical Society, US
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821838466
• ISBN 13: 9780821838464
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.78W x 1.27H x 24.77D centimeters 17.78 centimeters width by 1.27 centimeters height by 24.77 centimeters depth
• Weight: 369 grams

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These proceedings from the June 2000 conference and instructional symposium include treatments of five expository lectures on noncommutative geometry for mathematicians who were not familiar with the subject, which is to an unusual extent the creation of a single mathematician, Alain Connes. The lectures address an application of non-commutative geometry to topology, discuss Novikov-type conjectures, reason out the residue index theorem of Connes and Moscivici, and relate noncommutative geometry to number theory. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)