Dimensions and C*-algebras

Notations Nonintegral dimensions and indices in analysis and geometry Locally semisimple algebras and their Bratteli diagrams The characterization of the dimension groups Affine representations of simple dimension groups Finite difference equations and continued fractions Stationary systems, algebraic number theory, and Williams' problem Scales and dimensions for locally semisimple algebras The $K_0$ theory of $C^*$-algebras An application of the Bott Periodicity Theorem Further developments and problems References Index.