The index map in algebraic \(K\)-theory (Q1744778): Difference between revisions

In [Prog. Math. 244, 263--304 (2006; Zbl 1108.14012)], \textit{V. Drinfeld} set problems: (A) Show the two notions of \(K\)-theory torsor mentioned in [loc .cit.] coincide. (B) Associate to a Tate \(R\)-module a \(K\)-theory torsor via (A). (C) Show that the \(K\)-theory torsor in (B) indeed gives rise via truncation to the graded determinant torsor constructed in [loc. cit.]. \textit{S. Saito} [``Higher Tate central extensions via \(K\)-theory and infinity-topos theory'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1405.0923}] answered (A) and (B). In this paper under review, the authors address the remaining (C). For this purpose, they use an analogue of a classical result that the index map \([X , Fred(\mathcal{H})] \to K^{\mathrm{top}}(X)\) is isomorphism of groups, where \(Fred(\mathcal{H})\) is the set of Fredholm operators on a separable complex Hilbert space \(\mathcal{H}\) and \(K^{\mathrm{top}}(X)\) is a complex topological \(K\)-theory of a compact Hausdorff space \(X\).