C. Ferry / Andrew Ranicki / M. Rosenberg (eds.)

Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems, and Rigidity

Volume 1: Oberwolfach 1993
Herausgeber: Ferry, Steven C.; Rosenberg, Jonathan; Ranicki, Andrew

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Novikov Conjecture is the single most important unsolved problem in the topology of high-dimensional non-simply connected manifolds. This volume contains a detailed historical survey and bibliography of the Novikov Conjecture and of related subsequent developments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780521497961
• ISBN-10: 0521497965
• Artikelnr.: 21634789

Inhaltsangabe

1. Homotopy type of differentiable manifolds William Browder
2. A history and survey of the Novikov conjecture S. C. Ferry, A. RanickI and J. Rosenberg
3. A coarse approach to the Novikov conjecture S. C. Ferry and Shmuel Weinberger
4. Reflections on the Novikov conjecture Mikhael Gromov
5. K-theory, group C*-algebras and higher signatures (Conspectus) Gennadi Kasparov
6. On the Steenrod homology theory John Milnor
7. Controlled Fredholm Representations A. S. Mishchenko
8. Assembly maps in bordism-type theories Frank Quin
9. On the Novikov conjecture Andrew Ranicki.