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Coarse geometry and topological phases

Mathematical Physics 2019-04-30 v1 K-Theory and Homology math.MP Operator Algebras

Abstract

We propose the Roe C*-algebra from coarse geometry as a model for topological phases of disordered materials. We explain the robustness of this C*-algebra and formulate the bulk-edge correspondence in this framework. We describe the map from the K-theory of the group C*-algebra of Z^d to the K-theory of the Roe C*-algebra, both for real and complex K-theory.

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@article{arxiv.1802.05579,
  title  = {Coarse geometry and topological phases},
  author = {Eske Ellen Ewert and Ralf Meyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.05579},
  year   = {2019}
}
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