Multiplicative Structure of the Ring<i>K</i>(<i>S</i>(<i>T</i>*ℝ<i>P</i>^2<i>n</i>+1)) (Q4487044)

Let \(S(T^{*} {\mathbb R}P^{n})\) denote the sphere bundle of the cotangent bundle of real projective \(n\)-space. In [\textit{V. Snaith}, Can. Math. Bull. 29, 123-128 (1986; Zbl 0544.55007)] the reviewer calculated the group structure of the complex K-theory, \(K^{*}(S(T^{*} {\mathbb R}P^{n}))\). This was done in order to answer a question put to me by \textit{P. Gilkey} about the eta invariant \[ \eta : K(S(T^{*} {\mathbb R}P^{n})) \rightarrow {\mathbb R}/ {\mathbb Z} . \] In this paper the author uses explicit generators (given in terms of elliptic operators) to compute completely the multiplicative structure of \(K(S(T^{*} {\mathbb R}P^{2n+1})) \cong {\mathbb Z}/2^{n}\langle x\rangle \oplus {\mathbb Z}/2^{n}\langle y\rangle \oplus {\mathbb Z}\langle z\rangle\); namely \(x^{2} = - 2x\), \(xz = y\), \(xy = -2y\), \(z^{2} = y^{2} = zy = 0\).