Index theory, coarse geometry, and topology of manifolds

Author(s)

• Roe, John
• Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences
• CBMS Conference on Index Theory, Coarse Geometry, and Topology of Manifolds (1995 : University of Colorado)

Bibliographic Information

Index theory, coarse geometry, and topology of manifolds

John Roe

（Regional conference series in mathematics, no. 90）

American Mathematical Society, c1996

Note

"Published for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences ... with the support from the National Science Foundation."

"CBMS Conference on Index Theory, Coarse Geometry, and Topology of Manifolds held at the University of Colorado, August 1995"--T.p. verso

Lecture notes from the conference held Aug. 1995 in Boulder, Colo

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-97) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Atiyah-Singer index theorem is one of the most powerful tools for relating geometry, analysis, and topology. In its original form, however, it applies only to compact manifolds. This book describes a version of index theory which works for noncompact spaces with appropriate control, such as complete Riemannian manifolds. The relevant 'control' is provided by the large scale geometry of the space, and basic notions of large scale geometry are developed. Index theory for the signature operator is related to geometric topology via surgery theory. And, paralleling the analytic development, 'controlled' surgery theories for noncompact spaces have been developed by topologists.This book explores the connections between these theories, producing a natural transformation from surgery to 'analytic surgery'. The analytic foundations of the work come from the theory of $C^*$-algebras, and the properties of the $C^*$-algebra of a coarse space are developed in detail. The book is based on lectures presented at a conference held in Boulder, Colorado, in August 1995 and includes the author's detailed notes and descriptions of some constructions that were finalized after the lectures were delivered. Also available from the AMS by John Roe is Lectures on Coarse Geometry.

Table of Contents

Index theory (Chapter 1) Coarse geometry (Chapter 2) $C*$-algebras (Chapter 3) An example of a higher index theorem (Chapter 4) Assembly (Chapter 5) Surgery (Chapter 6) Mapping surgery to analysis (Chapter 7) The coarse Baum-Connes conjecture (Chapter 8) Methods of computation (Chapter 9) Coarse structures and boundaries (Chapter 10) References Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA27994677
• ISBN:
  • 0821804138
• LCCN: 96022058
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Providence, R.I.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 100 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA1
  • LCC : QA614.92
  • DC20 : 510 s
  • DC20 : 514/.74
  • NDC8 : 415.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Index theory (Mathematics) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : K-theory -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Operator algebras -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Surgery (Topology) -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0000944X