\(KK\)-groups of twisted crossed products by groups acting on trees (Q2365030)

Using a description, in terms of twisted crossed products, of a similarity between the \(C^*\)-algebra \(M_n\) of \(n\times n\) complex entried matrices and the \(C^*\)-algebra \(C^*(G)\) for a discrete group, the author generalizes to the case of crossed products twisted by a circle-valued cocycle an exact sequence of Pimsner for \(KK\)-groups of crossed products of \(C^*\)-algebras by locally compact groups acting on trees. The technique used is to write a twisted crossed product as a quotient of a nontwisted crossed product using a technique of G. W. Mackey. The exact sequence is applied to the case of free products of twisted group \(C^*\)-algebras. In particular, the \(K\)-groups of the free product of two matrix algebras are computed.