This is a detailed survey on the QWEP conjecture and Connes’ embedding problem. Most of contents are taken from Kirchberg’s paper [Invent. Math. 112 (1993)].

We review recent progress in the study of cyclic cohomology of Hopf algebras, Hopf algebroids, and invariant cyclic homology starting with the pioneering work of Connes-Moscovici.

Lecture 1 (Pflaum): Title: Relative cohomology and its pairings Relative cyclic cohomology theory and its pairings turned out to be a powerful tool to explain crucial properties of certain invariants in global analysis such as for example the divisor flow. In this talk, the homological foundations for pairings in relative cyclic cohomology will be explained. Moreover, the relative Chern-charact...

We prove that every rigid C*-bicategory with finite-dimensional centers (finitely decomposable horizontal units) can be realized as Connes' bimodules over finite direct sums of II$_1$ factors. In particular, we realize multitensor C*-category a sum

We show that all pairings defined in the literature extending Connes-Moscovici characteristic map in Hopf-cyclic cohomology are isomorphic as natural transformations of derived double functors.

In this paper we investigate the index theory of transversally elliptic pseudo-differential operators in the framework of noncommutative geometry. We give examples of spectral triples in the sense of Alain Connes and Henri Moscovici in [12] that are transversally elliptic but nonelliptic. We prove that these spectral triples satisfy the conditions which ensure the Connes-Moscovici local index f...

We indicate which symmetrizable locally compact affine or hyperbolic Kac-Moody groups satisfy Kazhdan’s Property (T), and those that satisfy its strong negation, the Haagerup property. This reveals a new class of hyperbolic Kac-Moody groups satisfying the Haagerup property, namely symmetrizable locally compact Kac-Moody groups of rank 2 or of rank 3 noncompact hyperbolic type. These groups thus...