The coarse Baum–Connes and coarse Novikov conjectures

Let XX be a countable discrete metric space with bounded geometry, and let Pd(X)P_d(X) be its Rips complex at scale dd. The associated assembly maps are

μ:limdK(Pd(X))K(C(X)),μmax:limdK(Pd(X))K(Cmax(X)).\mu:\lim_{d\to\infty}K_*(P_d(X))\to K_*(C^*(X)),\qquad \mu_{\max}:\lim_{d\to\infty}K_*(P_d(X))\to K_*(C^*_{\max}(X)).

Coarse Baum–Connes and coarse Novikov conjectures. The coarse Baum–Connes conjecture claims that μ\mu is an isomorphism, while the coarse Novikov conjecture claims that μ\mu is injective. Their maximal versions assert respectively that μmax\mu_{\max} is an isomorphism and that μmax\mu_{\max} is injective. These conjectures concern whether coarse geometric KK-homology is detected, or completely computed, by the Roe-algebra assembly map. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Liang Guo, Qin Wang and Chen Zhang, “Relative higher index theory on quotients of Roe algebras and positive scalar curvature at infinity”, arXiv:2509.23380 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1506.05408.

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