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Group actions on a Smale space and the actions induced on the C*-algebras associated to such a dynamical system are studied. We show that an effective action of a discrete group on a mixing Smale space produces a strongly outer action on the homoclinic algebra. We then show that for irreducible Smale spaces, the property of finite Rokhlin dimension passes from the induced action on the homoclinic algbera to the induced actions on the stable and unstable C*-algebras. In each of these cases, we discuss the preservation of properties---such as finite nuclear dimension, Z-stability, and classification by Elliott invariants---in the resulting crossed products., 30 pages. Final version, to appear in Ergodic Theory Dynam. Systems

Wieler has shown that every irreducible Smale space with totally disconnected stable sets is a solenoid (i.e., obtained via a stationary inverse limit construction). Using her construction, we show that the associated stable $C^{\ast }$-algebra is the stationary inductive limit of a $C^{\ast }$-stable Fell algebra that has a compact spectrum and trivial Dixmier–Douady invariant. This result applies in particular to Williams solenoids along with other examples. Beyond the structural implications of this inductive limit, one can use this result to, in principle, compute the $K$-theory of the stable $C^{\ast }$-algebra. A specific one-dimensional Smale space (the $aab/ab$-solenoid) is considered as an illustrative running example throughout.

Inspired by an analytic construction of Chang, Weinberger and Yu, we define an assembly map in relative geometric K-homology. The properties of the geometric assembly map are studied using a variety of index theoretic tools (for example, the localized index and higher Atiyah–Patodi–Singer index theory). As an application we obtain a vanishing result in the context of manifolds with boundary and positive scalar curvature; this result is also inspired and connected to the work of Chang, Weinberger and Yu. Furthermore, we use results of Wahl to show that rational injectivity of the relative assembly map implies homotopy invariance of the relative higher signatures of a manifold with boundary.

We consider Hilsum's notion of bordism as an equivalence relation on unbounded $KK$-cycles and study the equivalence classes. Upon fixing two $C^*$-algebras, and a $*$-subalgebra dense in the first $C^*$-algebra, a $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$-graded abelian group is obtained; it maps to the Kasparov $KK$-group of the two $C^*$-algebras via the bounded transform. We study properties of this map both in general and in specific examples. In particular, it is an isomorphism if the first $C^*$-algebra is the complex numbers (i.e., for $K$-theory) and is a split surjection if the first $C^*$-algebra is the continuous functions on a compact manifold with boundary when one uses the Lipschitz functions as the dense $*$-subalgebra., Comment: 38 pages

We study index theory for manifolds with Baas-Sullivan singularities using geometric K-homology with coefficients in a unital C*-algebra. In particular, we define a natural analog of the Baum-Connes assembly map for a torsion-free discrete group in the context of these singular spaces. The cases of singularities modelled on k-points (i.e., z/k-manifolds) and the circle are discussed in detail. In the case of the former, the associated index theorem is related to the Freed-Melrose index theorem; in the case of latter, the index theorem is related to work of Rosenberg.

We show that the homoclinic C ∗ \mathrm {C}^* -algebras of mixing Smale spaces are classifiable by the Elliott invariant. To obtain this result, we prove that the stable, unstable, and homoclinic C ∗ \mathrm {C}^* -algebras associated to such Smale spaces have finite nuclear dimension. Our proof of finite nuclear dimension relies on Guentner, Willett, and Yu’s notion of dynamic asymptotic dimension.

© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim A geometric model for twisted K-homology is introduced. It is modeled after the Mathai–Melrose–Singer fractional analytic index theorem in the same way as the Baum–Douglas model of K-homology was modeled after the Atiyah–Singer index theorem. A natural transformation from twisted geometric K-homology to the new geometric model is constructed. The analytic assembly mapping to analytic twisted K-homology in this model is an isomorphism for torsion twists on a finite CW-complex. For a general twist on a smooth manifold the analytic assembly mapping is a surjection. Beyond the aforementioned fractional invariants, we study T-duality for geometric cycles.

© 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. We construct an isomorphism between the geometric model and Higson-Roe’s analytic surgery group, reconciling the constructions in the previous papers in the series on “Realizing the analytic surgery group of Higson and Roe geometrically” with their analytic counterparts. Following work of Lott and Wahl, we construct a Chern character on the geometric model for the surgery group; it is a “delocalized Chern character”, from which Lott’s higher delocalized ρ-invariants can be retrieved. Following work of Piazza and Schick, we construct a geometric map from Stolz’ positive scalar curvature sequence to the geometric model of Higson-Roe’s analytic surgery exact sequence.

© 2015, Tbilisi Centre for Mathematical Sciences. We construct a geometric analog of the analytic surgery group of Higson and Roe for the assembly mapping for free actions of a group with values in a Banach algebra completion of the group algebra. We prove that the geometrically defined group, in analogy with the analytic surgery group, fits into a six term exact sequence with the assembly mapping and also discuss mappings with domain the geometric group. In particular, given two finite dimensional unitary representations of the same rank, we define a map in the spirit of η-type invariants from the geometric group (with respect to assembly for the full group C ∗ -algebra) to the real numbers.

We discuss the analytic aspects of the geometric model for K-homology with coefficients in ℤ/kℤ constructed in [12]. In particular, using results of Rosenberg and Schochet, we construct a map from this geometric model to its analytic counterpart. Moreover, we show that this map is an isomorphism in the case of a finite CW-complex. The relationship between this map and the Freed-Melrose index theorem is also discussed. Many of these results are analogous to those of Baum and Douglas in the case of spinc manifolds, geometric K-homology, and Atiyah-Singer index theorem.

We construct a Baum-Douglas type model for K-homology with coefficients in ℤ/kℤ. The basic geometric object in a cycle is a spinc ℤ/kℤ-manifold. The relationship between these cycles and the topological side of the Freed-Melrose index theorem is discussed in detail. Finally, using inductive limits, we construct geometric models for K-homology with coefficients in any countable abelian group.

Contrast sensitivity functions (CSF's) were measured for a zone of 0.5 degree angular radius at the fovea and for annular zones extending from 0.5 degrees eccentricity to 1 degree, from 1 to 2 degrees and from 2 to 4 degrees. The effect of optical degradation was taken into account by the application of a correction factor determined from the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF). Using the reciprocal of the peak of the CSF [1/SF (max)] as a parameter, the effect of applying the MTF correction on the CSF with eccentricity was determined. The effect of applying an MTF correction is significantly to increase the rate of change of 1/SF (max) with eccentricity. Since it has been reported that hyperacuity is relatively unaffected by optical degradation, it is proposed that the differing effects of optical degradation between grating acuity and hyperacuity may account, at least partially, for the different rates of decline of these thresholds with eccentricity. The implications of this proposal for M-scaling theories and strategies are considered.