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Stringy product on twisted orbifold K-theory for abelian quotients

Algebraic Topology 2008-02-15 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper we present a model to calculate the stringy product on twisted orbifold K-theory of Adem-Ruan-Zhang for abelian complex orbifolds. In the first part we consider the non-twisted case on an orbifold presented as the quotient of a manifold acted by a compact abelian Lie group. We give an explicit description of the obstruction bundle, we explain the relation with the product defined by Jarvis-Kaufmann-Kimura and, via a Chern character map, with the Chen-Ruan cohomology, and we explicitely calculate the stringy product for a weighted projective orbifold. In the second part we consider orbifolds presented as the quotient of a manifold acted by a finite abelian group and twistings coming from the group cohomology. We show a decomposition formula for twisted orbifold K-theory that is suited to calculate the stringy product and we use this formula to calculate two examples when the group is (\integer/2)3(\integer/2)^3.

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@article{arxiv.0706.3229,
  title  = {Stringy product on twisted orbifold K-theory for abelian quotients},
  author = {Edward Becerra and Bernardo Uribe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3229},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

23 pages. A chapter on the stringy product on twisted orbifold K-theory has been added, including a decomposition formula and examples with non trivial twisting. The title has been changed accordingly. To appear in TAMS