We consider an $\ell^p$ coarse Baum-Connes assembly map for $1<p<\infty$, and show that it is not surjective expanders arising from residually finite hyperbolic groups.

In this paper we define $varphi$-Connes module amenability of a dual Banach algebra $mathcal{A}$ where $varphi$ is a bounded $w_{k^*}$-module homomorphism from $mathcal{A}$ to $mathcal{A}$. We are mainly concerned with the study of $varphi$-module normal virtual diagonals. We show that if $S$ is a weakly cancellative inverse semigroup with subsemigroup $E$ of idemp...

Sequential optimality conditions for constrained optimization are necessarily satisfied by local minimizers, independently of the fulfillment of constraint qualifications. These conditions support the employment of different stopping criteria for practical optimization algorithms. On the other hand, when an appropriate strict constraint qualification associated with some sequential optimality c...

We show how the Connes–Moscovici bialgebroid construction naturally provides universal objects for Lie algebras acting on non-commutative algebras. As a supplement, we see these interact with study of flat bimodule connections.

Sequential techniques can enhance the efficiency of the approximate Bayesian computation algorithm, as in Sisson et al.’s (2007) partial rejection control version. While this method is based upon the theoretical works of Del Moral et al. (2006), the application to approximate Bayesian computation results in a bias in the approximation to the posterior. An alternative version based on genuine im...

We give an account of the Connes-Kreimer renormalization in the context of connected graded Hopf algebras. We first explain the Birkhoff decomposition of characters in the more general context of connected filtered Hopf algebras, then specializing down to the graded case in order to introduce the notions of locality, renormalization group and Connes-Kreimer’s Beta function. The connection with ...

We construct for an equivariant homology theory for proper equivariant CW -complexes an equivariant Chern character under certain conditions. This applies for instance to the sources of the assembly maps in the Farrell-Jones Conjecture with respect to the family F of finite subgroups and in the Baum-Connes Conjecture. Thus we get an explicit calculation of Q ⊗Z Kn(RG) and Q ⊗Z Ln(RG) for a comm...

Let A be a dual Banach algebra with predual A∗ and consider the following assertions: (A) A is Connes-amenable; (B) A has a normal, virtual diagonal; A∗ is an injective A-bimodule. For general A, all that is known is that (B) implies (A) whereas, for von Neumann algebras, (A), (B), and (C) are equivalent. We show that (C) always implies (B) whereas the converse is false. Furthermore, we investi...