Stringy K-theory and the Chern character (Q2457764)

In the paper the authors construct new \(G\)-equivariant rings: \({\mathcal K}(X,G)\) and \({\mathcal H}(X,G)\), which they call the stringy \(K\)-theory and stringy cohomology, respectively. Here \(G\) is a finite group and \(X\) is a smooth projective \(G\)-variety. The stringy cohomology \({\mathcal H}(X,G)\) defined here is equivalent to \textit{B. Fantechi}'s and \textit{L. Göttsche}'s construction of stringy cohomology [Duke Math. J. 117 No. 2, 197--227 (2003; Zbl 1086.14046)]. However, the construction given here is much simpler than that of Fantechi and Göttsche and moreover it is functorial therefore an analogous construction yields the stringy Chow ring \({\mathcal A}(X,G).\) The other main result of the paper is the consruction of a new stringy Chern character \({\mathcal C}h : {\mathcal K}(X,G)\rightarrow {\mathcal H}(X,G)\). This stringy Chern character is proved to be an isomorphism of rings preserving all properties of a pre-\(G\)-Frobenius algebra except those which involve the metric. The authors also define two new orbifold \(K\)-theories. The first one \({\text{K}}_{orb}(\mathcal X)\) is defined for a smooth Deligne-Mumford stack or general almost complex orbifold. The second is defined for \({\mathcal X} = [X/G]\) as the algebra of invariants \(K_{orb}(\mathcal X)={\mathcal K}(X,G)^{G}\) of the stringy \(K\)-theory of \(X\) and it is called the small orbifold \(K\)-theory of \(\mathcal X\).