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On the Equivalence of Geometric and Analytic K-Homology

K-Theory and Homology 2018-11-28 v4 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

We give a proof that the geometric K-homology theory for finite CW-complexes defined by Baum and Douglas is isomorphic to Kasparov's K-homology. The proof is a simplification of more elaborate arguments which deal with the geometric formulation of equivariant K-homology theory.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701484,
  title  = {On the Equivalence of Geometric and Analytic K-Homology},
  author = {Paul Baum and Nigel Higson and Thomas Schick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701484},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

29 pages, v4: corrected definition of E in proof of Prop 3.6