Bivariant \(K\)-theory of groupoids and the noncommutative geometry of limit sets (Q2863507)

The text is a doctoral thesis supervised by Matilde Marcolli and defended at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The thesis consists of the following parts: Chapter 1, entitled ``Unbounded bivariant \(K\)-theory'', contains the Sections 1.1 \(C^*\)-modules, 1.2 KK-theory, 1.3 Operator modules, 1.4 Smoothness, 1.5 Universal connections, 1.6 Correspondences; Chapter 2, entitled ``Groupoids'', contains the Sections 2.1 A category of groupoids, 2.2 \(C^*\)-algebras and \(C^*\)-modules, 2.3 Cocycles and \(K\)-theory, 2.4 Crossed products, 2.5 Semi-direct products; Chapter 3, entitled ``Limit sets'', contains the Sections 3.1 Limit sets and Patterson-Sullivan measures, 3.2 Hyperbolic manifolds, 3.3 Fuchsian groups. The reference list consists of 52 items.