The Novikov conjecture geometry and algebra /

These lecture notes contain a guided tour to the Novikov Conjecture and related conjectures due to Baum-Connes, Borel and Farrell-Jones. They begin with basics about higher signatures, Whitehead torsion and the s-Cobordism Theorem. Then an introduction to surgery theory and a version of the assembly...

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Main Author: Kreck, Matthias, 1947-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lück, Wolfgang, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2005.
Basel ; Boston : [2005]
Series:Oberwolfach seminars ; 33.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 266 pages).
Subjects:
Novikov conjecture -- Congresses.
K-theory -- Congresses.
Noncommutative differential geometry -- Congresses.
Differential topology -- Congresses.
K-theory.
Noncommutative differential geometry.
Differential topology.
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