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Dualities in equivariant Kasparov theory

K-Theory and Homology 2011-05-03 v3

Abstract

We study several duality isomorphisms between equivariant bivariant K-theory groups, generalising Kasparov's first and second Poincare duality isomorphisms. We use the first duality to define an equivariant generalisation of Lefschetz invariants of generalised self-maps. The second duality is related to the description of bivariant Kasparov theory for commutative C*-algebras by families of elliptic pseudodifferential operators. For many groupoids, both dualities apply to a universal proper G-space. This is a basic requirement for the dual Dirac method and allows us to describe the Baum-Connes assembly map via localisation of categories.

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@article{arxiv.0711.0025,
  title  = {Dualities in equivariant Kasparov theory},
  author = {Heath Emerson and Ralf Meyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.0025},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Significant changes, mainly variants of the duality isomorphisms with different support conditions and applications

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