Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems, and Rigidity: Volume 2

These volumes are the outgrowth of a conference held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Germany) on the subject of `Novikov conjectures, index theorems and rigidity'.

Steven C. Ferry (Edited by), Andrew Ranicki (Edited by), Jonathan M. Rosenberg (Edited by)

9780521497954, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 November 1995

376 pages
22.7 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.546 kg

The Novikov Conjecture is the single most important unsolved problem in the topology of high-dimensional non-simply connected manifolds. These two volumes are the outgrowth of a conference held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Germany) in September, 1993, on the subject of `Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems and Rigidity'. They are intended to give a snapshot of the status of work on the Novikov Conjecture and related topics from many points of view: geometric topology, homotopy theory, algebra, geometry, analysis.

1. Proper affine isometric actions of amenable groups M. E. Bekka, P. A. Cherix and A. Vakette
2. Bounded K-theory and the assembly map in algebraic K-theory Gunnar Carlsson
3. On the rigidity of the index on open manifolds J. Eichhorn
4. Remarks on Steenrod Homology S. Ferry
5. Epsilon surgery Steven C. Ferry and E. Pederson
6. On the coarse Baum-connes conjecture N. Higson and J. Roe
7. Exotic index theory and the Novikov conjecture S. Hurder
8. Bounded and continuous control Eric Pedersen
9. On the homotopy invariance of the boundedly controlled signature of a manifold over an open cone E. K. Pederson, J. Roe and S. Weinberger
10. 3-manifolds and PD(3)-groups Charles B. Thomas
11. Orthogonal complements and endomorphisms of Hilbert Modules and C*-Elliptic Complexes E. V. Troitsky
12. Assembly Michael Weiss and Bruce Williams
13. Pro-exclusive Functions Michael Weiss and Bruce Williams.

Subject Areas: Algebraic topology [PBPD]