Superstrings, geometry, topology, and C*-algebras; proceedings.

9780821848876

Superstrings, geometry, topology, and C*-algebras; proceedings.

NSF-CBMS Conference Topology, C*-algebras, and String Duality (2009: Texas Christian University). Ed. by Robert S. Doran et al.

American Mathematical Society

2010

249 pages

$63.00

Hardcover

Proceedings of symposia in pure mathematics; v.81

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The principal lecturer at the regional conference was Jonathan Rosenberg (U. of Maryland), but his lectures are published elsewhere, though he does provide a technical introduction explaining how the other 11 papers are linked. Among the topics are the functoriality of Rieffel's generalized fixed-point algebras for proper actions, division algebras and supersymmetry, Riemann-Roch and index formulae in twisted K-theory, noncommutative Yang-Mills theory for quantum Heisenberg manifolds, distances between matrix algebras that converge to coadjoint orbits, and geometric and topological structures related to M-branes. No index is provided.

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