Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems, and Rigidity: Volume 2 (Paperback, New)

The Novikov Conjecture is the single most important unsolved problem in the topology of high-dimensional non-simply connected manifolds. The two volumes Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems, and Rigidity are the outgrowth of a conference held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Germany) in September, 1993, on the subject of the title. They are intended to give a snapshot of the status of work on the Novikov Conjecture and related topics from many points of view: geometric topology, homotopy theory, algebra, geometry, analysis. Volume 2 contains: fundamental long research papers on bounded K-theory and the assembly map in algebraic K-theory, and on Epsilon surgery theory; shorter research and survey papers on various topics related to the Novikov Conjecture.