UID:
almahu_9947921448402882
Format:
X, 374 p.
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online resource.
ISBN:
9783540478683
Series Statement:
Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1274
Content:
Freeness of an action of a compact Lie group on a compact Hausdorff space is equivalent to a simple condition on the corresponding equivariant K-theory. This fact can be regarded as a theorem on actions on a commutative C*-algebra, namely the algebra of continuous complex-valued functions on the space. The successes of "noncommutative topology" suggest that one should try to generalize this result to actions on arbitrary C*-algebras. Lacking an appropriate definition of a free action on a C*-algebra, one is led instead to the study of actions satisfying conditions on equivariant K-theory - in the cases of spaces, simply freeness. The first third of this book is a detailed exposition of equivariant K-theory and KK-theory, assuming only a general knowledge of C*-algebras and some ordinary K-theory. It continues with the author's research on K-theoretic freeness of actions. It is shown that many properties of freeness generalize, while others do not, and that certain forms of K-theoretic freeness are related to other noncommutative measures of freeness, such as the Connes spectrum. The implications of K-theoretic freeness for actions on type I and AF algebras are also examined, and in these cases K-theoretic freeness is characterized analytically.
Note:
Introduction: The commutative case -- Equivariant K-theory of C*-algebras -- to equivariant KK-theory -- Basic properties of K-freeness -- Subgroups -- Tensor products -- K-freeness, saturation, and the strong connes spectrum -- Type I algebras -- AF algebras.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540182771
Language:
English
Subjects:
Mathematics
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078657
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