A quick description of the conjecture The Baum-Connes conjecture is part of Alain Connes'tantalizing "noncommuta tive geometry" programme [18]. It is in some sense the most "commutativ
A concise introduction to the techniques used to prove the Baum-Connes conjecture. The Baum-Connes conjecture predicts that the K-homology of the reduced C^*-algebra of a group can be computed as the
Arzhantseva (U. of Geneva, Switzerland) and Valette's (U. Neuchatel, Switzerland) text is derived from a one-semester research program led by the editors at the Bernoulli Center (EPF Lausanne) from Ja
