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A classifying space for Phillips' equivariant K-theory

Algebraic Topology 2010-11-02 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

In a previous paper, we have constructed, for an arbitrary Lie group G and any of the fields F=R or C, a good equivariant cohomology theory KF_G^*(-) on the category of proper GG-CW-complex and have justified why it deserved the label ``equivariant K-theory". It was shown in particular how this theory was a logical extension of the construction of L\"uck and Oliver for discrete groups and coincided with Segal's classical K-theory when G is a compact group and only finite G-CW-complexes are considered. Here, we compare our new equivariant K-theory with that of N.C. Phillips: it is shown how a natural transformation from ours to his may be constructed which gives rises to an isomorphism when G is second-countable and only finite proper G-CW-complexes are considered. This solves the long-standing issue of the existence of a classifying space for Phillips' equivariant K-theory.

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@article{arxiv.1011.0054,
  title  = {A classifying space for Phillips' equivariant K-theory},
  author = {Clément de Seguins Pazzis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.0054},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

79 pages, 6 figures, part of the author's PhD thesis

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