BaumConnesConjecture 2009-02-19 11:16:18 2009-02-19 11:16:18 Conjecture the Baum-Connes conjecture % this is the default PlanetPhysics preamble. as your % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, amsthm, amscd, latexsym, enumerate} \usepackage{xypic, xspace} \usepackage[mathscr]{eucal} \usepackage[dvips]{graphicx} \usepackage[curve]{xy} % define commands here \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma}[section] \newtheorem{proposition}{Proposition}[section] \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{corollary}{Corollary}[section] \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{definition}{Definition}[section] \newtheorem{example}{Example}[section] %\theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem{remark}{Remark}[section] \newtheorem*{notation}{Notation} \newtheorem*{claim}{Claim} \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\ensuremath{\fnsymbol{footnote}}} \numberwithin{equation}{section} \newcommand{\Ad}{{\rm Ad}} \newcommand{\Aut}{{\rm Aut}} \newcommand{\Cl}{{\rm Cl}} \newcommand{\Co}{{\rm Co}} \newcommand{\DES}{{\rm DES}} \newcommand{\Diff}{{\rm Diff}} \newcommand{\Dom}{{\rm Dom}} \newcommand{\Hol}{{\rm Hol}} \newcommand{\Mon}{{\rm Mon}} \newcommand{\Hom}{{\rm Hom}} \newcommand{\Ker}{{\rm Ker}} \newcommand{\Ind}{{\rm Ind}} \newcommand{\IM}{{\rm Im}} \newcommand{\Is}{{\rm Is}} \newcommand{\ID}{{\rm id}} \newcommand{\grpL}{{\rm GL}} \newcommand{\Iso}{{\rm Iso}} \newcommand{\rO}{{\rm O}} \newcommand{\Sem}{{\rm Sem}} \newcommand{\SL}{{\rm Sl}} \newcommand{\St}{{\rm St}} \newcommand{\Sym}{{\rm Sym}} \newcommand{\Symb}{{\rm Symb}} \newcommand{\SU}{{\rm SU}} \newcommand{\Tor}{{\rm Tor}} \newcommand{\U}{{\rm U}} \newcommand{\A}{\mathcal A} \newcommand{\Ce}{\mathcal C} \newcommand{\D}{\mathcal D} \newcommand{\E}{\mathcal E} \newcommand{\F}{\mathcal F} %\newcommand{\grp}{\mathcal G} \renewcommand{\H}{\mathcal H} \renewcommand{\cL}{\mathcal L} \newcommand{\Q}{\mathcal Q} \newcommand{\R}{\mathcal R} \newcommand{\cS}{\mathcal S} \newcommand{\cU}{\mathcal U} \newcommand{\W}{\mathcal W} \newcommand{\bA}{\mathbb{A}} \newcommand{\bB}{\mathbb{B}} \newcommand{\bC}{\mathbb{C}} \newcommand{\bD}{\mathbb{D}} \newcommand{\bE}{\mathbb{E}} \newcommand{\bF}{\mathbb{F}} \newcommand{\bG}{\mathbb{G}} \newcommand{\bK}{\mathbb{K}} \newcommand{\bM}{\mathbb{M}} \newcommand{\bN}{\mathbb{N}} \newcommand{\bO}{\mathbb{O}} \newcommand{\bP}{\mathbb{P}} \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\bV}{\mathbb{V}} \newcommand{\bZ}{\mathbb{Z}} \newcommand{\bfE}{\mathbf{E}} \newcommand{\bfX}{\mathbf{X}} \newcommand{\bfY}{\mathbf{Y}} \newcommand{\bfZ}{\mathbf{Z}} \renewcommand{\O}{\Omega} \renewcommand{\o}{\omega} \newcommand{\vp}{\varphi} \newcommand{\vep}{\varepsilon} \newcommand{\diag}{{\rm diag}} \newcommand{\grp}{{\mathsf{G}}} \newcommand{\dgrp}{{\mathsf{D}}} \newcommand{\desp}{{\mathsf{D}^{\rm{es}}}} \newcommand{\grpeod}{{\rm Geod}} %\newcommand{\grpeod}{{\rm geod}} \newcommand{\hgr}{{\mathsf{H}}} \newcommand{\mgr}{{\mathsf{M}}} \newcommand{\ob}{{\rm Ob}} \newcommand{\obg}{{\rm Ob(\mathsf{G)}}} \newcommand{\obgp}{{\rm Ob(\mathsf{G}')}} \newcommand{\obh}{{\rm Ob(\mathsf{H})}} \newcommand{\Osmooth}{{\Omega^{\infty}(X,*)}} \newcommand{\grphomotop}{{\rho_2^{\square}}} \newcommand{\grpcalp}{{\mathsf{G}(\mathcal P)}} \newcommand{\rf}{{R_{\mathcal F}}} \newcommand{\grplob}{{\rm glob}} \newcommand{\loc}{{\rm loc}} \newcommand{\TOP}{{\rm TOP}} \newcommand{\wti}{\widetilde} \newcommand{\what}{\widehat} \renewcommand{\a}{\alpha} \newcommand{\be}{\beta} \newcommand{\grpa}{\grpamma} %\newcommand{\grpa}{\grpamma} \newcommand{\de}{\delta} \newcommand{\del}{\partial} \newcommand{\ka}{\kappa} \newcommand{\si}{\sigma} \newcommand{\ta}{\tau} \newcommand{\lra}{{\longrightarrow}} \newcommand{\ra}{{\rightarrow}} \newcommand{\rat}{{\rightarrowtail}} \newcommand{\ovset}[1]{\overset {#1}{\ra}} \newcommand{\ovsetl}[1]{\overset {#1}{\lra}} \newcommand{\hr}{{\hookrightarrow}} \newcommand{\<}{{\langle}} \def\baselinestretch{1.1} \hyphenation{prod-ucts} \newcommand{\sqdiagram}[9]{$$ \diagram #1 \rto^{#2} \dto_{#4}& #3 \dto^{#5} \\ #6 \rto_{#7} & #8 \enddiagram \eqno{\mbox{#9}}$$ } \def\C{C^{\ast}} \newcommand{\labto}[1]{\stackrel{#1}{\longrightarrow}} \newcommand{\quadr}[4] {\begin{pmatrix} & #1& \\[-1.1ex] #2 & & #3\\[-1.1ex]& #4& \end{pmatrix}} \def\D{\mathsf{D}} The goal of \PMlinkexternal{the Baum-Connes conjecture}{http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~bisch/ncgoa07/talks/roe1_NCGOA07.pdf} is to understand irreducible, unitary representations topologically. \subsection{Introduction} Let us consider $G$ to be the group $\mathbb{Z}$ (with the discrete topology; that is, not a ``topological group''). Then, every complex number $u$ with $|u| = 1$ corresponds to a $1$-dimensional irreducible representation of $G$, on which $n \in \mathbb{Z}$ acts by multiplication by $u^n$. Furthermore, these are all of the possible irreducible representations of $G$ that can be found. When $G =\, \mathbb{Z}$ every unitary representation can be uniquely decomposed into a direct sum of irreducible representations. The space of irreducible representations of $G$ carries a natural Hausdorff topology and can be studied as a commutative, standard geometric/topological space. In the general case, as for example for a non-Abelian group, ${N_G}^A$, the ``space of irreducible representations of such a group'' is no longer a commutative object, and was replaced by A. Connes by a C*-algebra which is in general a noncommutative object-- or a so-called (non-standard), noncommutative ``space''.