various papers

We shall try to highlight papers on, or around, noncommutative geometry as they are posted. (except occasionally, I won't comment on papers.) Let us know if you think a paper is left out..... Here are a few papers posted this month.
Cyclic homology with coefficients
Categorical aspects of bivariant K-theory
Homological algebra in bivariant K-theory and other triangulated categories
Lectures on noncommutative geometry
Notes on motives in finite characteristic
Quantum statistical mechanics and class field Theory
The quantum dilogarithm and unitary representations of the cluster mapping class groups
Quantum Groups and Twisted Spectral Triples
The bar derived category of a curved dg algebra
A Riemann-Roch-Hirzebruch formula for traces of differential operators
On Serre duality for compact homologically smooth DG algebras
K-theoretic construction of noncommutative instantons of all charges

New books on noncommutative geometry

Two new books on noncommutative geometry recently appeared. An Introduction to Noncommutative Geometry, by J. Varilly is a short (about 100 pages) introduction to metric and spectral aspects of noncommutative geometry. Surveys in Noncommutative Geometry is edited by N. Higson and J. Roe. It is based on lectures given at the Clay Mathematics Institute Instructional Symposium on Noncommutative Geometry held at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts in 2000.

Speaking of noncommutative geometry books, I should mention that the main single text on the subject ( `the book') , that is Alain Connes' book, is freely available to download from Alain's website.

First issue of Journal of Noncommutative Geometry

The very first issue of Journal of Noncommutative Geometry is now out:
http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/jncg/jncg.php
The Journal is published by the European Mathematical Society publications. There will be four issues per year. Congratulations to all those who took part in this initiative, including authors of the first issue!