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Spaces of sections of Banach algebra bundles

Operator Algebras 2012-01-12 v3 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Suppose that BB is a GG-Banach algebra over F=R\mathbb{F} = \mathbb{R} or C\mathbb{C}, XX is a finite dimensional compact metric space, ζ:PX\zeta : P \to X is a standard principal GG-bundle, and Aζ=Γ(X,P×GB)A_\zeta = \Gamma (X, P \times_G B) is the associated algebra of sections. We produce a spectral sequence which converges to π(GLoAζ)\pi_*(GL_o A_\zeta) with [E^2_{-p,q} \cong \check{H}^p(X ; \pi_q(GL_o B)).] A related spectral sequence converging to \K+1(Aζ)\K_{*+1}(A_\zeta) (the real or complex topological KK-theory) allows us to conclude that if BB is Bott-stable, (i.e., if π(GLoB)\K+1(B) \pi_*(GL_o B) \to \K_{*+1}(B) is an isomorphism for all >0*>0) then so is AζA_\zeta.

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@article{arxiv.1101.0444,
  title  = {Spaces of sections of Banach algebra bundles},
  author = {Emmanuel Dror Farjoun and Claude L. Schochet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0444},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

15 pages. Results generalized to include both real and complex K-theory. To appear in J. K-Theory