Algebras almost commuting with Clifford algebras

DOI10.1016/0022-1236(90)90107-VMaRDI QIDQ2276729zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 1990

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1236(90)90107-v

Clifford algebra Grothendieck groups homotopy classes of *-homomorphisms K-groups KK-groups periodicity symmetric ideal

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) (K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80)

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Let \({\mathcal C}_ k\) denote the real or complex k-th Clifford algebra and consider a representation of \({\mathcal C}_ k\) on a real or complex Hilbert space H. Let \({\mathcal C}_ k'\) denote the commutant of \({\mathcal C}_ k\) in \({\mathcal L}(H)\) and consider the algebra \(A_ k:={\mathcal C}'_{k-1}\cap (S+{\mathcal C}_ k')\) for some symmetric ideal S in \({\mathcal L}(H)\). From the periodicity of \({\mathcal C}_ k\) it is seen that \(A_ k\cong A_{k+8}\) in the real case and \(A_ k\cong A_{k+2}\) in the complex case. The K- groups and KK-groups of these algebras are computed in terms of Grothendieck groups of \({\mathcal C}_ k\)-modules and homotopy classes of *- homomorphisms. The K-groups of \({\mathcal C}_ k+S\) are determined more explicitely.

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