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Sheaf theory and Paschke duality

K-Theory and Homology 2012-10-25 v1

Abstract

Paschke duality identifies the K-homology of a space X with the K-theory of a certain dual C*-algebra. We show that Paschke's dual algebra is in a natural way the algebra of sections of a certain sheaf of C*-algebras over X, which can be thought of as a sheaf of noncommutative symbols. This conceptually simplifies a number of constructions in K-homology, such as the association of a homology class to an elliptic operator and the construction of assembly maps.

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@article{arxiv.1210.6420,
  title  = {Sheaf theory and Paschke duality},
  author = {John Roe and Paul Siegel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.6420},
  year   = {2012}
}
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