K-Theory for Group C

This book introduces the reader to the necessary technical background to study C*-algebras arising from actions of groups or semigroups The text focuses on recent examples and techniques developed in K-Theory It contains an introduction to Baum-Connes methods as well as a concise description of the Mackey-Rieffel-Green machine for crossed products Much of the material is available here for the first time in book form

Joachim Cuntz is a full Professor at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany. Siegfried Echterhoff is a full Professor at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany. Xin Li is a Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. Guoliang Yu is Powell Chair in Mathematics and Professor at the Texas A&M University, USA.