On the KK-theory of strongly self-absorbing C^{*}-algebras

Abstract: Let

D h

and

A

be unital and separable

C^{*}

-algebras; let

D h

be strongly self-absorbing. It is known that any two unital

^{*}

-homomorphisms from

D h

to

A o t i m e s D h

are approximately unitarily equivalent. We show that, if

D h

is also

K_{1}

-injective, they are even asymptotically unitarily equivalent. This in particular implies that any unital endomorphism of

D h

is asymptotically inner. Moreover, the space of automorphisms of

D h

is compactly-contractible (in the point-norm topology) in the sense that for any compact Hausdorff space

X

, the set of homotopy classes

[X, A u t (D h)]

reduces to a point. The respective statement holds for the space of unital endomorphisms of

D h

. As an application, we give a description of the Kasparov group

K K (D h, A o t D h)

in terms of

^{*}

-homomorphisms and asymptotic unitary equivalence. Along the way, we show that the Kasparov group

K K (D h, A o t D h)

is isomorphic to

K_{0} (A o t D h)

.

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