Why the circle is connected: An introduction to quantized topology

DOI10.1007/BF03023772zbMath0673.46043MaRDI QIDQ1120800

Edward G. Effros

Publication date: 1989

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

quantum geometry; connected; non-commutative differential topology; regular representation of the free group of two generators; the quantized torus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

46L54: Free probability and free operator algebras

46L80: (K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory)

46L05: General theory of (C^*)-algebras

46L53: Noncommutative probability and statistics

46L51: Noncommutative measure and integration

54C40: Algebraic properties of function spaces in general topology

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Cites Work

• Non-commutative differential geometry
• Simplicity of the \(C^*\)-algebra associated with the free group on two generators
• K-theoretic amenability for discrete groups.
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