Equivariant Novikov conjecture for groups acting on Euclidean buildings

Gong, Donggeng

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-98-01990-4

Equivariant Novikov conjecture for groups acting on Euclidean buildings
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by Donggeng Gong

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998), 2141-2183

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-98-01990-4

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Abstract:

We prove the equivariant Novikov conjecture for groups acting on Euclidean buildings by using an equivariant Hilsum-Skandalis method. We also obtain an equivariant version of the Connes-Gromov-Moscovici theorem for almost flat $C^{*}$-algebra bundles.

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