K-theory for the maximal Roe algebra of certain expanders

We study in this paper the maximal version of the coarse Baum-Connes assembly map for families of expanding graphs arising from residually finite groups. Unlike for the usual Roe algebra, we show that this assembly map is closely related to the (maximal) Baum-Connes assembly map for the group and is an isomorphism for a class of expanders. We also introduce a quantitative Baum-Connes assembly map and discuss its connections to K-theory of (maximal) Roe algebras.     

Property A and Uniform Embeddability of Metric Spaces Under Decompositions of Finite Depth

Property A and uniform embeddability are notions of metric geometry which imply the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture and the Novikov conjecture. In this paper, the authors prove the permanence properties of property A and uniform embeddability of metric spaces under large scale decompositions of finite depth.     

Fibred coarse embeddings,a-T-menability and the coarse analogue of the Novikov conjecture

The connection between the coarse geometry of metric spaces and analytic properties of topological groupoids is well known. One of the main results of Skandalis, Tu and Yu is that a space admits a coarse embedding into Hilbert space if and only if a certain associated topological groupoid is a-T-menable. This groupoid characterisation then reduces the proof that the coarse Baum–Connes conjecture holds for a coarsely embeddable space to known results for a-T-menable groupoids. The property of admitting a fibred coarse embedding into Hilbert space was introduced by Chen, Wang and Yu to provide a property that is sufficient for the maximal analogue to the coarse Baum–Connes conjecture and in this paper we connect this property to the traditional coarse Baum–Connes conjecture using a restriction of the coarse groupoid and homological algebra. Additionally we use this results to give a characterisation of the a-T-menability for residually finite discrete groups.     

Baum-Connes conjecture and coarse geometry

In this paper, we show that the Baum-Connes conjecture for a discrete group with coefficients inl (,K) is equivalent to the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture for as a metric space with a length metric. We apply this result to prove special cases of the Baum-Connes conjecture.Supported by DMS8505550 through a MSRI Postdoctoral Fellowship.     

The Baum-Connes conjecture via localisation of categories

We redefine the Baum-Connes assembly map using simplicial approximation in the equivariant Kasparov category. This new interpretation is ideal for studying functorial properties and gives analogues of the Baum-Connes assembly map for other equivariant homology theories. We extend many of the known techniques for proving the Baum-Connes conjecture to this more general setting.     

Higher index theory for certain expanders and Gromov monster groups,II

In this paper, the second of a series of two, we continue the study of higher index theory for expanders. We prove that if a sequence of graphs has girth tending to infinity, then the maximal coarse Baum–Connes assembly map is an isomorphism for the associated metric space X. As discussed in the first paper in this series, this has applications to the Baum–Connes conjecture for ‘Gromov monster’ groups.We also introduce a new property, ‘geometric property (T)’. For the metric space associated to a sequence of graphs, this property is an obstruction to the maximal coarse assembly map being an isomorphism. This enables us to distinguish between expanders with girth tending to infinity, and, for example, those constructed from property (T) groups.     

Coarse Baum-Connes conjecture

In this paper, we shall prove the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture for metric spaces with Lipschitz good covers. This class of metric spaces includes trees and simply connected nonpositively curved manifolds.Supported by DMS8505550 through a MSRI Postdoctoral Fellowship.     

Permanence of Metric Sparsification Property under Finite Decomposition Complexity

The notions of metric sparsification property and finite decomposition com- plexity are recently introduced in metric geometry to study the coarse Novikov conjecture and the stable Borel conjecture. In this paper, it is proved that a metric space X has finite decomposition complexity with respect to metric sparsification property if and only if X itself has metric sparsification property. As a consequence, the authors obtain an alterna- tive proof of a very recent result by Guentner, Tessera and Yu that all countable linear groups have the metric sparsification property and hence the operator norm localization property.     

Localization algebras and the coarse Baum--Connes conjecture

We introduce a localization algebra to define a local index mapo from K-homology to the K-theory of the localization algebra. we show that the local index map is an isomorphism. We apply this result to study the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture.     

Uniform K-homology theory

We define a uniform version of analytic K-homology theory for separable, proper metric spaces. Furthermore, we define an index map from this theory into the K-theory of uniform Roe C^∗-algebras, analogous to the coarse assembly map from analytic K-homology into the K-theory of Roe C^∗-algebras. We show that our theory has a Mayer-Vietoris sequence. We prove that for a torsion-free countable discrete group Γ, the direct limit of the uniform K-homology of the Rips complexes of Γ, , is isomorphic to , the left-hand side of the Baum-Connes conjecture with coefficients in ?^∞Γ. In particular, this provides a computation of the uniform K-homology groups for some torsion-free groups. As an application of uniform K-homology, we prove a criterion for amenability in terms of vanishing of a “fundamental class”, in spirit of similar criteria in uniformly finite homology and K-theory of uniform Roe algebras.     

The maximal coarse Baum–Connes conjecture for spaces which admit a fibred coarse embedding into Hilbert space

We introduce a notion of fibred coarse embedding into Hilbert space for metric spaces, which is a generalization of Gromov?s notion of coarse embedding into Hilbert space. It turns out that a large class of expander graphs admit such an embedding. We show that the maximal coarse Baum–Connes conjecture holds for metric spaces with bounded geometry which admit a fibred coarse embedding into Hilbert space.     

On the Equi-nuclearity of Roe Algebras of Metric Spaces

The authors define the equi-nuclearity of uniform Roe algebras of a family of metric spaces. For a discrete metric space X with bounded geometry which is covered by a family of subspaces {Xi}∞i=1, if {Cu*(Xi)}∞i=1 are equi-nuclear and under some proper gluing conditions, it is proved that Cu*(X) is nuclear. Furthermore, it is claimed that in general, the coarse Roe algebra C*(X) is not nuclear.     

**-Haagerup Property for C*-Algebras

Extending the notion of Haagerup property for finite von Neumann algebras to the general von Neumann algebras, the authors define and study the $(**)$-Haagerup property for $C^{*}$-algebras in this paper. They first give an answer to Suzuki''s question (2013), and then obtain several results of $(**)$-Haagerup property parallel to those of Haagerup property for $C^{*}$-algebras. It is proved that a nuclear unital $C^{*}$-algebra with a faithful tracial state always has the $(**)$-Haagerup property. Some heredity results concerning the $(**)$-Haagerup property are also proved.     

A Survey of the Homotopy Properties of Inclusion of Certain Types of Configuration Spaces into the Cartesian Product

Let X be a topological space.In this survey the authors consider several types of configuration spaces,namely,the classical(usual)configuration spaces F_n(X)and D_n(X),the orbit configuration spaces F_n~G(X)and F_n~G(X)/S_nwith respect to a free action of a group G on X,and the graph configuration spaces F_n~Γ(X)and F_n~Γ(X)/H,whereΓis a graph and H is a suitable subgroup of the symmetric group S_n.The ordered configuration spaces F_n(X),F_n~G(X),F_n~Γ(X)are all subsets of the n-fold Cartesian product ∏_1~nX of X with itself,and satisfy F_n~G(X)?F_n(X)?F_n~Γ(X)?∏_1~nX.If A denotes one of these configuration spaces,the authors analyse the difference between A and ∏_1~nXfrom a topological and homotopical point of view.The principal results known in the literature concern the usual configuration spaces.The authors are particularly interested in the homomorphism on the level of the homotopy groups of the spaces induced by the inclusionι:A-→∏_1~nX,the homotopy type of the homotopy fibre I_ιof the mapιvia certain constructions on various spaces that depend on X,and the long exact sequence in homotopy of the fibration involving I_ιand arising from the inclusionι.In this respect,if X is either a surface without boundary,in particular if X is the 2-sphere or the real projective plane,or a space whose universal covering is contractible,or an orbit space S~k/Gof the k-dimensional sphere by a free action of a Lie group G,the authors present recent results obtained by themselves for the first case,and in collaboration with Golasi′nski for the second and third cases.The authors also briefly indicate some older results relative to the homotopy of these spaces that are related to the problems of interest.In order to motivate various questions,for the remaining types of configuration spaces,a few of their basic properties are described and proved.A list of open questions and problems is given at the end of the paper.     

Operator norm localization property of metric spaces under finite decomposition complexity

The notions of operator norm localization property and finite decomposition complexity were recently introduced in metric geometry to study the coarse Novikov conjecture and the stable Borel conjecture. In this paper we show that a metric space X has weak finite decomposition complexity with respect to the operator norm localization property if and only if X itself has the operator norm localization property. It follows that any metric space with finite decomposition complexity has the operator norm localization property. In particular, we obtain an alternative way to prove a very recent result by E. Guentner, R. Tessera and G. Yu that all countable linear groups have the operator norm localization property.     

The Novikov Conjecture for Linear Groups

Let K be a field. We show that every countable subgroup of GL(n,K) is uniformly embeddable in a Hilbert space. This implies that Novikov’s higher signature conjecture holds for these groups. We also show that every countable subgroup of GL(2,K) admits a proper, affine isometric action on a Hilbert space. This implies that the Baum-Connes conjecture holds for these groups. Finally, we show that every subgroup of GL(n,K) is exact, in the sense of C^*-algebra theory.     

Localization Algebras and Duality

The paper studies the dual algebras of localization Roe algebrasover proper metric spaces and develops a localization versionof Paschke duality for K-homology. It is shown that the localizationK-homology groups are isomorphic to Kasparov's K-homology groupsfor the Rips complex of proper metric spaces with bounded geometry.It follows that the obstruction groups to the coarse Baum–Connesconjecture can also be derived from the dual localization algebras.     

图的中间图2-pebbling性质和Graham猜想

本文研究了图的2-pebbling性质和Graham猜想.利用图的pebbling数的一些结果,我们研究了路和圈的中间图具有2-pebbling性质,从而也证明了路的中间图满足Graham猜想.     

Peak point theorems for uniform algebras on smooth manifolds

It was once conjectured that if A is a uniform algebra on its maximal ideal space X, and if each point of X is a peak point for A, then A = C(X). This peak point conjecture was disproved by Brian Cole in 1968. However, Anderson and Izzo showed that the peak point conjecture does hold for uniform algebras generated by smooth functions on smooth two-manifolds with boundary. The corresponding assertion for smooth three-manifolds is false, but Anderson, Izzo, and Wermer established a peak point theorem for polynomial approximation on real-analytic three-manifolds with boundary. Here we establish a more general peak point theorem for real-analytic three-manifolds with boundary analogous to the two-dimensional result. We also show that if A is a counterexample to the peak point conjecture generated by smooth functions on a manifold of arbitrary dimension, then the essential set for A has empty interior.     

具有性质$b_1$空间的乘积性

In this note,we present that:(1)Let X=σ{Xα:α∈A} be|A|-paracompact (resp.,hereditarily |A|-paracompact).If every finite subproduct of {Xα:α∈A} has property b1 (resp.,hereditarily property b1),then so is X.(2) Let X be a P-space and Y a metric space.Then,X×Y has property b1 iff X has property b1.(3) Let X be a strongly zero-dimensional and compact space.Then,X×Y has property b1 iff Y has property b1.