Published for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences by the American Mathematical Society
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 110 p. ill. 26 cm
SERIES
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CBMS regional conference series in mathematics
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Algebraic topology
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C*-algebras
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Duality theory )Mathematics(
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA
Book number
612
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R58
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
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Rosenberg, J1951-)Jonathan(
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"NSF-CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences on Topology, C*-Algebras, and String Duality held at Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, Texas, May 18-22, 2009"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction and motivation -- K-theory and its relevance to physics -- A few basics of C*-algebras and crossed products -- Continuous-trace algebras and twisted K-theory -- More on crossed products and their K-theory -- The topology of T-duality and the Bunke-Schick construction -- T-duality via crossed products -- Higher-dimensional T-duality via topological methods -- Higher-dimensional T-duality via C*-algebraic methods -- Advanced topics and open problems