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Coarse topology, enlargeability, and essentialness

Algebraic Topology 2018-11-28 v2 Differential Geometry Geometric Topology K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

Using methods from coarse topology we show that fundamental classes of closed enlargeable manifolds map non-trivially both to the rational homology of their fundamental groups and to the K-theory of the corresponding reduced C*-algebras. Our proofs do not depend on the Baum--Connes conjecture and provide independent confirmation for specific predictions derived from this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.0707.1999,
  title  = {Coarse topology, enlargeability, and essentialness},
  author = {B. Hanke and D. Kotschick and J. Roe and T. Schick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1999},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

21 pages, 2 figures. Revised version. To appear in Ann. Sci. Ecole Norm. Sup

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