Noncommutative geometry of algebraic curves

Abstract

A covariant functor from the category of generic complex algebraic curves to a category of the AF-algebras is constructed. The construction is based on a representation of the Teichmueller space of a curve by the measured foliations due to Douady, Hubbard, Masur and Thurston. The functor maps isomorphic algebraic curves to the stably isomorphic AF-algebras.Comment: 10 pages, final version; to appear Proc. Amer. Math. So