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Noncommutative Differential K-theory

K-Theory and Homology 2022-01-26 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We introduce a differential extension of algebraic K-theory of an algebra using Karoubi's Chern character. In doing so, we develop a necessary theory of secondary transgression forms as well as a differential refinement of the smooth Serre--Swan correspondence. Our construction subsumes the differential K-theory of a smooth manifold when the algebra is complex-valued smooth functions. Furthermore, our construction fits into a noncommutative differential cohomology hexagon diagram.

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@article{arxiv.2106.12073,
  title  = {Noncommutative Differential K-theory},
  author = {Byungdo Park and Arthur J. Parzygnat and Corbett Redden and Augusto Stoffel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.12073},
  year   = {2022}
}

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65 pages

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