Principal currents (Q1104540)
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Principal currents (English)
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1985
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An operator theoretic analog of a local Chern class is discussed for certain finitely generated operator algebras. This gives rise to an index theory for the maximal ideals of the algebra. The algebraic receiver for this index is the Grothendieck group of the algebra completed at a maximal ideal.
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principal currents
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joint essential spectrum
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operator theoretic analog of a local Chern class
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finitely generated operator algebras
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index theory for the maximal ideals of the algebra
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Grothendieck group
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