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These lecture notes are mainly devoted to a K-theory proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. Some applications of the K-theory to noncommutative topology are also given.
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Fack, T. Index Theorems and Noncommutative Topology. In: Ocampo, H., Paycha, S., Vargas, A. (eds) Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 668. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11374060_4
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