Twisted K-theory and obstructions against positive scalar curvature metrics

DOI10.1017/IS014003008JKT259MaRDI QIDQ2877705zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ulrich Pennig

Publication date 25 August 2014

Published in Journal of \(K\)-Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3701

zbMATH Keywords

Dirace operatorenlargeable manifoldindex theorypositive scalar curvaturetwisted \(K\)-Theorytwisted index obstruction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory (19K56) Twisted (K)-theory; differential (K)-theory (19L50)

Abstract: We decompose the twisted index obstruction $heta(M)$ against positive scalar curvature metrics for oriented manifolds with spin universal cover into a pairing of a twisted $K$-homology with a twisted $K$-theory class and prove that $heta(M)$ does not vanish if $M$ is an orientable enlargeable manifold with spin universal cover.

Review text

Denote by NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\theta(M)=\mathrm{ind}(D^\nu_+) = [\nu^S] \otimes_{(C(M,\mathbb C\ell(M))} [D^S]NEWLINE\]NEWLINE the index of Dirac operator as the pairing of the twisted fundamental \(K\)-homology class \([D^S]\) of the Kasparov \(K\)-homology \(KK(C(M,\mathbb \ell(M), \mathbb C)\) and the twisted Mischenko-Fomenko bundle representing a twisted version of an element \([\nu^S]\) of the Kasparov \(K\)-theory \(KK(\mathbb C, \mathbb C\ell(M)) \otimes C^*(\hat{\pi} \to \pi))\), where \(\pi = \pi_1(M)\) is the fundamental group of \(M\) and \(\hat{\pi}\to \pi\) is the twisted fundamental group of \(M\) which is a \(\mathbb Z/(2)\) extension of \(\pi\). The main result of the paper is the theorem stating that for a closed smooth orientable even-dimensional manifold with dimension \(\dim(M) \geq 3\) and the universal cover \(\widetilde{M}\) which is spin and is enlargeable in the sense of Definition 4.1, then the obstruction \(\theta^{\max}(M)\) does not vanish.

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