Baum-Connes conjecture and group actions on trees

K-Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-134

  Oyono Oyono, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Baum Connes conjecture; Group actions on trees; Kasparov bivariant KK theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013078779     PISSN: 09203036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012786413219     Document Type: Article

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