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Mayer--Vietoris and Twisted \v{C}ech Spectral Sequences for C$^*$-Algebras with Free Quantum Group Coefficients

Operator Algebras 2026-02-27 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We formulate a Mayer--Vietoris/\v{C}ech viewpoint on KK-theory for crossed products by discrete quantum groups, emphasizing how local-to-global gluing data interacts with quantum-group coefficients. Starting from a GG-equivariant ideal cover and the associated Mayer--Vietoris six-term exact sequence, we package the resulting KK-theoretic computation into a \v{C}ech-type spectral sequence whose E1E^1-page is explicitly described by iterated intersections. We then introduce a minimal ``twisted'' gluing mechanism controlled by a Z/2\mathbb Z/2-valued \v{C}ech 22-cocycle and an involutive automorphism of the coefficient algebra. Under a Kirchberg--UCT hypothesis on the quantum-group crossed-product coefficient, the twist produces a nontrivial differential d2d_2 identified as φid\varphi_*-\mathrm{id} on coefficient KK-theory. In a concrete regime where the coefficient KK-groups are cyclic (e.g.\ order 33), the differential becomes an isomorphism and forces a KK-theoretic obstruction to Morita triviality. This yields a conceptual mechanism for producing non-Morita-trivial twisted C^*-algebras with quantum-group crossed-product fibers, detected purely by Mayer--Vietoris/\v{C}ech data.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2602.22708,
  title  = {Mayer--Vietoris and Twisted \v{C}ech Spectral Sequences for C$^*$-Algebras with Free Quantum Group Coefficients},
  author = {Takao Inoué},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.22708},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

12 pages. A noncommutative Mayer-Vietoris framework for C-star-algebras with twisted quantum coefficients. We construct a twisted Cech spectral sequence and analyze structural implications for K-theory and descent