Introduction to the Baum-Connes Conjecture [Paperback]

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 LafforguesKKBanTheory.- G. Mislin: On the Classifying Space for Proper Actions.- A.1 The topologists model.- A.2 The analysts model.- A.4 Spectra.

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.

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