Operator k-theory for groups which act properly and isometrically on hilbert space

Electronic Research Announcements of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 3, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 131-142

  Higson, Nigel ^a   Kasparov, Gennadi ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Baum Connes conjecture; K theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009821174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10796762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S1079-6762-97-00038-3     Document Type: Article

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