C*-algebras, foliations and K-theory
In 1980, Alain Connes gave a course entitled “C*-algebras, foliations and K-theory”. Jean Renault was a student in the course at that time and took notes, and photocopies of his meticulously...
View Article“Holomorphic Functional Calculus”
Writing up the Connes-Renault notes, which I mentioned in a previous post, leads to a number of interesting digressions. For instance, the notion of “holomorphic closure” is discussed at some length in...
View ArticleWhat is noncommutative geometry?
I’m giving an introductory seminar talk this afternoon to let new graduate students know about the noncommutative geometry research group at Penn State and what it is we do. My plan is to begin with a...
View ArticleMarc Rieffel 75th birthday proceedings
I just received a message about the publication of a set of conference proceedings honoring Marc Rieffel’s 75th birthday. The proceedings originate from a program at the Fields Institute that was held...
View ArticleReview published of “Basic Noncommutative Geometry”
My review of Masoud Khalkhali’s Basic noncommutative geometry just appeared in the Mathematical Intelligencer. You can read it at the link below...
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