On curvature in noncommutative geometry

Lectures on Noncommutative Geometry

These Lectures are based on a course on noncommutative geometry given by the author in 2003. The lectures contain some standard material, such as Poisson and Gerstenhaber algebras, deformations, Hochschild cohomology, Serre functors, etc. We also discuss many less known as well as some new results such as noncommutative Chern-Weil theory, noncommutative symplectic geometry, noncommutative diffe...

Notes on Noncommutative Geometry

Foreword This book is not just a survey of noncommutative geometry — later NCG; rather, it strives to answer some naive but vital questions: What is the purpose of NCG? What is it good for? Can NCG solve open problems of classical geometry inaccessible otherwise? In other words, why does NCG matter? What is it anyway? Good answer means good examples. A sweetheart of NCG called non-commutative t...

Notes on Noncommutative Geometry

Noncommutative geometry has roots in and is a synthesis of a number of diverse areas of mathematics, including: • Hilbert space and single operator theory; • Operator algebras (C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras); • Spin geometry – Dirac operators – index theory; • Algebraic topology – homological algebra. It has certainly also been inspired by quantum mechanics, and, besides feedback to the ...

On Symmetric Operators in Noncommutative Geometry

In Noncommutative Geometry, as in quantum theory, classically real variables are assumed to correspond to self-adjoint operators. We consider the relaxation of the requirement of self-adjointness to mere symmetry for operators Xi which encode space-time information.

Noncommutative geometry