Index theory and operator algebras
Subtitle: proceedings of a CBMS regional conference held August 6-10, 1991 with support from the National Science Foundation
By: Jeffrey Fox, Peter Haskell, editors.
Contributors: Fox, Jeffrey Stephen.; Haskell, Peter, 1956-; CBMS Regional Conference on K-Homology and Index Theory (1991 : Boulder, Colo.)
Series: Contemporary mathematics ;; 148; Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society) ;; v. 148.
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Providence, R.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Index theory (Mathematics) -- Congresses.; Operator algebras -- Congresses.
Description: "This collection of papers by leading researchers provides a broad picture of current research directions in index theory. Based on lectures presented at the NSF-CBMS Regional Conference on K-Homology and Index Theory, held in August 1991 at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the book provides both a careful exposition of new perspectives in classical index theory and an introduction to currently active areas of the field. Presented here are two new proofs of the classical Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem, as well as index theorems for manifolds with boundary and open manifolds. Index theory for semi-simple p-adic groups and the geometry of discrete groups are also discussed. Through-out the book, the application of operator algebras emerges as a central theme. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book would be suitable as a text for an advanced graduate topics course on index theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Proceedings of a CBMS Regional Conference on K-Homology and Index Theory held August 6-10, 1991 in Boulder, Colorado"--Cover.