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This book introduces the reader to the necessary technical background to study C*-algebras arising from actions of groups or semigroups
The text focuses on recent examples and techniques developed in K-Theory
It contains an introduction to Baum-Connes methods as well as a concise description of the Mackey-Rieffel-Green machine for crossed productsMuch of the material is available here for the first time in book form