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Book Information:
Author:
Kjeld Knudsen Jensen and Klaus Thomsen
Title:
Elements of $KK$-theory
Additional book information:
Mathematics: Theory \&\ Applications, Birkh\"auser, Boston, Basel, and Berlin, 1991, viii + 202 pp., US$49.50. ISBN 0-8176-3496-7, ISBN 3-7643-3496-7.
M. F. Atiyah, R. Bott, and A. Shapiro, Clifford modules, Topology 3 (1964), no. suppl, suppl. 1, 3–38. MR 167985, DOI 10.1016/0040-9383(64)90003-5
M. F. Atiyah and F. Hirzebruch, Vector bundles and homogeneous spaces, Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., Vol. III, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R.I., 1961, pp. 7–38. MR 0139181
M. F. Atiyah and I. M. Singer, The index of elliptic operators. I, Ann. of Math. (2) 87 (1968), 484–530. MR 236950, DOI 10.2307/1970715
Bruce Blackadar, $K$-theory for operator algebras, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, vol. 5, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1986. MR 859867, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4613-9572-0
L. G. Brown, R. G. Douglas, and P. A. Fillmore, Extensions of $C^*$-algebras and $K$-homology, Ann. of Math. (2) 105 (1977), no. 2, 265–324. MR 458196, DOI 10.2307/1970999
A. Connes and G. Skandalis, The longitudinal index theorem for foliations, Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 20 (1984), no. 6, 1139–1183. MR 775126, DOI 10.2977/prims/1195180375
Thierry Fack, $K$-théorie bivariante de Kasparov, Bourbaki seminar, Vol. 1982/83, Astérisque, vol. 105, Soc. Math. France, Paris, 1983, pp. 149–166 (French). MR 728986
Michel Hilsum and Georges Skandalis, Morphismes $K$-orientés d’espaces de feuilles et fonctorialité en théorie de Kasparov (d’après une conjecture d’A. Connes), Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. (4) 20 (1987), no. 3, 325–390 (French, with English summary). MR 925720
G. G. Kasparov, Topological invariants of elliptic operators. I. $K$-homology, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 39 (1975), no. 4, 796–838 (Russian); Russian transl., Math. USSR-Izv. 9 (1975), no. 4, 751–792 (1976). MR 0488027
G. G. Kasparov, The operator $K$-functor and extensions of $C^{\ast }$-algebras, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 44 (1980), no. 3, 571–636, 719 (Russian). MR 582160
G. G. Kasparov, Equivariant $KK$-theory and the Novikov conjecture, Invent. Math. 91 (1988), no. 1, 147–201. MR 918241, DOI 10.1007/BF01404917
Christopher Lance, Book Review: $K$-theory for operator algebras, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 18 (1988), no. 1, 67–73. MR 1567660, DOI 10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15604-2
A. S. Miščenko and A. T. Fomenko, The index of elliptic operators over $C^{\ast }$-algebras, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 43 (1979), no. 4, 831–859, 967 (Russian). MR 548506
- [ABS]
- M. F. Atiyah, R. Bott, and A. Shapiro, Clifford modules, Topology 3 (1964), 3-38. MR 0167985 (29:5250)
- [AH]
- M. F. Atiyah and F. Hirzebruch, Vector bundles and homogeneous spaces, Differential Geometry, Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., vol. 3, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1961, pp. 7-38. MR 0139181 (25:2617)
- [AS]
- M. F. Atiyah and I. M. Singer, The index of elliptic operators. I, Ann. of Math. (2) 87 (1968), 484-530; II (M. F. Atiyah and G. Segal), ibid. 87 (1968), 531-545; III, ibid. 87 (1968), 546-604; IV, ibid. 93 (1971), 119-138; V, ibid. 93 (1971), 139-149. MR 0236950 (38:5243)
- [B]
- B. Blackadar, K-Theory for operator algebras, Math. Sci. Res. Inst. Publ., vol. 5, Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, London, Paris, and Tokyo, 1986. MR 859867 (88g:46082)
- [BDF]
- L. G. Brown, R. G. Douglas, and P. Fillmore, Extensions of -algebras and K-homology, Ann. of Math. (2) 105 (1977), 265-324. MR 0458196 (56:16399)
- [CS]
- A. Connes and G. Skandalis, The longitudinal index theorem for foliations, Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sciences (Kyoto) 20 (1984), 1139-1183. MR 775126 (87h:58209)
- [F]
- T. Fack, K-théorie bivariante de Kasparov, Séminaire Bourbaki, 1982-83, exposé no. 605, Astérisque 105-106 (1983), 149-166. MR 728986 (86f:46075)
- [HS]
- M. Hilsum and G. Skandalis, Morphismes K-orientés d'espaces de feuilles et fonctorialité en théorie de Kasparov, Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. (4) 20 (1987), 325-390. MR 925720 (90a:58169)
- [K1]
- G. G. Kasparov, Topological invariants of elliptic operators, I: K-homology, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 39 (1975), 796-838; English translation, Math. USSR-Izv. 9 (1975), 751-792. MR 0488027 (58:7603)
- [K2]
- -, The operator K-functor and extensions of -algebras, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 44 (1980), 571-636; English translation, Math. USSR-Izv. 16 (1981), 513-572. MR 582160 (81m:58075)
- [K3]
- -, Equivariant KK-theory and the Novikov conjecture, Invent. Math. 91 (1988), 147-201. MR 918241 (88j:58123)
- [L]
- C. Lance, Review of [B], Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 18 (1988), 67-73. MR 1567660
- [MF]
- A. S. Miščenko and A. T. Fomenko, The index of elliptic operators over -algebras, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 43 (1979), 831-859; English transl., Math. USSR-Izv. 15 (1980), 87-112. MR 548506 (81i:46075)
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Jonathan Rosenberg
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
28 (1993), 342-347
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00361-6