K-homology and K-theory for the lamplighter groups of finite groups

DOI10.1112/PLMS.12061zbMATH Open1409.46043arXiv1610.02798OpenAlexW2949483751MaRDI QIDQ4600972FDOQ4600972

Authors: Sanaz Pooya, Alain Valette, Ramón Flores 

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $F$ be a finite group. We consider the lamplighter group $L=FwrmathbbZ$ over $F$. We prove that $L$ has a classifying space for proper actions $underlineEL$ which is a complex of dimension two. We use this to give an explicit proof of the Baum-Connes conjecture (without coefficients), that states that the assembly map $m{u}_i^L:K_i^L(underlineEL)ightarrow{K}_i(C^{*}L);(i=0,1)$ is an isomorphism. Actually, $K_0(C^{*}L)$ is free abelian of countable rank, with an explicit basis consisting of projections in $C^{*}L$, while $K_1(C^{*}L)$ is infinite cyclic, generated by the unitary of $C^{*}L$ implementing the shift. Finally we show that, for $F$ abelian, the $C^{*}$-algebra $C^{*}L$ is completely characterized by $|F|$ up to isomorphism.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02798

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zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theory\(C^*\)-algebraBaum-Connes conjecturelamplighter groupequivariant \(K\)-homology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) Ext and (K)-homology (19K33) Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40)

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