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The Baum-Connes conjecture asserts that under suitable technical conditions, the operator K-theory/KK-theory of the groupoid convolution algebra of an action topological groupoid is equivalent to the -equivariant topological K-theory/equivariant operator K-theory/equivariant KK-theory of . Moreover, it says that this equivalence is exhibited by the analytic assembly map. (Just the injectivity of this map is related to the Novikov conjecture.)
The original version of the Baum-Connes conjecture (Baum-Connes) stated for a suitable topological group that with the point incarnated as the -universal principal bundle with its free -action the analytic assembly map (the -equivariant index map)
from the -equivariant K-theory of to the operator K-theory of the group algebra, hence the groupoid convolution algebra of the delooping groupoid , is an isomorphism.
This Baum-Connes conjecture is known to be true for
It is not known if the conjecture is true for all discrete groups.
Later the statement was generalized (Tu 99) to more general groupoids.
In (Kasparov 88) the refinement of the analytic assembly map to equivariant KK-theory is given, and called the descent map. This is of the form (recalled as Blackadar, theorem 20.6.2)
where on the left we have -equivariant KK-theory and on the right ordinary KK-theory of crossed product C*-algebras (which by the discussion there are models for the groupoid convolution algebras of -action groupoids).
This is an isomorphism at least for a compact topological group and restricted to operator K-theory (hence to the first argument being ) and for a discrete group and restricted to K-homology (hence ot the second argument being ). In this form this is the Green-Julg theorem, see below.
The Green-Rosenberg-Julg theorem identifies equivariant K-theory with the operator K-theory of crossed product algebras.
(Green-Julg theorem)
Let be a topological group acting on a C*-algebra .
If is a compact topological group then the descent map
is an isomorphism, identifying the equivariant operator K-theory of with the ordinary operator K-theory of the crossed product C*-algebra .
if is a discrete group then the descent map
is an isomorphism, identifying the equivariant K-homology of with the ordinary K-homology of the crossed product C*-algebra .
This goes back to (Green 82), (Julg 81). A KK-theory-proof is in (Echterhoff, theorem 0.2); a textbook account is in (Blackadar, 11.7, 20.2.7). See also around (Land 13, prop. 41).
Introductions and surveys include
Alain Valette, Introduction to the Baum-Connes conjecture (pdf)
Nigel Higson, The Baum-Connes conjecture (pdf)
Paul Baum, The Baum-Connes conjecture, localisation of categories and quantum groups, 2008 (pdf)
Textbook discussion:
Bruce Blackadar, Section 11.7 and 20.2.7 of: K-Theory for Operator Algebras, Cambridge University Press 1986, second ed. 1999 (doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-9572-0, pdf)
Guido Mislin, Alain Valette, Proper Group Actions and the Baum-Connes Conjecture, Advanced Courses in Mathematics CRM Barcelona, Springer 2003 (doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8089-3)
See also
The original article is
Proof of the conjecture for hyperbolic groups is in
Technical subtleties are discussed in
The generalization to Lie groupoids is due to
Proofs for some cases are in
KK-theory tools and the descent map are introduced in
The “Green-Julg theorem” for commutative algebra and finite group is due to Michael Atiyah, for commutative algebra and general group due to
and the general case is due to an unpublished result by Green and Jonathan Rosenberg and independently due to
Further discussion is in
Walther Paravicini, A generalised Green-Julg theorem for proper groupoids and Banach algebras, (arXiv:0902.4365)
V. Lafforgue, pdf
A modification of the Baum-Connes conjecture with coefficient where many counterexamples (to the conjecture with coefficients) are eliminated is in
Discussion in terms of localization/homotopy theory is in
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