Coassembly and the \(K\)-theory of finite groups (Q502637)

The author studies the \(K\)-theory and Swan theory of the group ring \(R[G],\) when \(G\) is a finite group and \(R\) is any ring or ring spectrum. The assembly map for \(K(R[G])\) has a companion called the coassembly map. Their composite is turned out to be the equivariant norm of \(K(R).\) This gives a splitting of both assembly and coassembly after \(K(n)\)-localization, a new map between Whitehead torsion and Tate cohomology, and a partial computation of \(K\)-theory of representations in the category of spectra.