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Operator K-theory and its applications

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A survey of basic technical constructions associated with the K-bifunctor is given along with main results obtained through it, statements of unsolved problems are given, some hypotheses are stated.

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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennye Problemy Matematiki (Noveishie Dostizheniya), Vol. 27, pp. 3–31, 1985.

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Kasparov, G.G. Operator K-theory and its applications. J Math Sci 37, 1373–1396 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103851

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