Mayer--Vietoris and Twisted \v{C}ech Spectral Sequences for C$^*$-Algebras with Free Quantum Group Coefficients
Abstract
We formulate a Mayer--Vietoris/\v{C}ech viewpoint on -theory for crossed products by discrete quantum groups, emphasizing how local-to-global gluing data interacts with quantum-group coefficients. Starting from a -equivariant ideal cover and the associated Mayer--Vietoris six-term exact sequence, we package the resulting -theoretic computation into a \v{C}ech-type spectral sequence whose -page is explicitly described by iterated intersections. We then introduce a minimal ``twisted'' gluing mechanism controlled by a -valued \v{C}ech -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 identified as on coefficient -theory. In a concrete regime where the coefficient -groups are cyclic (e.g.\ order ), the differential becomes an isomorphism and forces a -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.
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