Reidemeister torsion and the \(K\)-theory of von Neumann algebras

DOI10.1007/BF00533588zbMath0748.57007MaRDI QIDQ1189260

Mel Rothenberg, Wolfgang Lück

Publication date: 26 September 1992

Published in: \(K\)-Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

traceanalytic torsionReidemeister torsiontorus actionsWhitehead torsionAlexander torsionalgebraic \(K\)-groups of a finite von Neumann algebrachain complexes over a finite von Neumann algebracocompact properly discontinuous actions of discrete groups of isometries on Riemannian manifoldsReidemeister-von Neumann torsiontorsion for weak homology equivalences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential complexes (58J10) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10) Other homology theories in algebraic topology (55N35) Algebraic (K)-theory of spaces (19D10) (K)-theory operations and generalized cohomology operations in algebraic topology (55S25)

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