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C*-algebras, positive scalar curvature, and the Novikov conjecture

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Rosenberg, J. C*-algebras, positive scalar curvature, and the Novikov conjecture. Publications Mathématiques de l’Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques 58, 197–212 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02953775

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