C*-algebras and Elliptic Theory II

Contributions by leading specialists in the field Reasonable balance between research, expository and mixed papers Presentation of several principal research directions in the field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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This book consists of a collection of original, refereed research and expository articles on elliptic aspects of geometric analysis on manifolds, including singular, foliated and non-commutative spaces. The topics covered include the index of operators, torsion invariants, K-theory of operator algebras and L2-invariants. There are contributions from leading specialists, and the book maintains a reasonable balance between research, expository and mixed papers.

Inhalt
Lefschetz Distribution of Lie Foliations.- Torsion, as a Function on the Space of Representations.- The K-theory of Twisted Group Algebras.- Twisted Burnside Theorem for Two-step Torsion-free Nilpotent Groups.- Ihara Zeta Functions for Periodic Simple Graphs.- Adiabatic Limits and the Spectrum of the Laplacian on Foliated Manifolds.- On the Non-standard Podle? Spheres.- Boundaries, Eta Invariant and the Determinant Bundle.- Elliptic Theory on Manifolds with Corners: I. Dual Manifolds and Pseudodifferential Operators.- Elliptic Theory on Manifolds with Corners: II. Homotopy Classification and K-Homology.- Dixmier Traceability for General Pseudo-differential Operators.- Topological Invariants of Bifurcation.- Modified Hochschild and Periodic Cyclic Homology.- L 2-invariants and Rank Metric.- Group Bundle Duality, Invariants for Certain C*-algebras, and Twisted Equivariant K-theory.- A New Topology on the Space of Unbounded Selfadjoint Operators, K-theory and Spectral Flow.