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Smooth K-Theory

K-Theory and Homology 2010-09-13 v4 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We construct an analytic multiplicative model of smooth K-theory. We further introduce the notion of a smooth K-orientation of a proper submersion and define the associated push-forward which satisfies functoriality, compatibility with pull-back diagrams, and projection and bordism formulas. We construct a multiplicative lift of the Chern character from smooth K-theory to smooth rational cohomology and verify that the cohomological version of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for families lifts to smooth cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.0707.0046,
  title  = {Smooth K-Theory},
  author = {Ulrich Bunke and Thomas Schick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0046},
  year   = {2010}
}
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