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$C^*$-algebras of proper foliations

Author(s): A. Candel
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 124 (1996), 899-905.
MSC (1991): Primary 46L55; Secondary 57R30, 58F09
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Abstract: We study the $C^*$-algebras of proper foliations. In case of finite depth they are described by a tower of exact sequences. We conclude with remarks about foliations almost without holonomy and AF-embeddability.

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A. Candel
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Email: candel@math.uchicago.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-96-03213-3
PII: S 0002-9939(96)03213-3
Received by editor(s): October 3, 1994
Communicated by: Palle E. T. Jorgensen
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society

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