Bivariant K-theory with R/Z-coefficients and rho classes of unitary representations

Publication date 11 November 2015

Abstract: We construct equivariant

K K

-theory with coefficients in

m a t h b b R

and

m a t h b b R / m a t h b b Z

as suitable inductive limits over

{m I I}_{1}

-factors. We show that the Kasparov product, together with its usual functorial properties, extends to

K K

-theory with real coefficients. Let

G a m m a

be a group. We define a

G a m m a

-algebra

A

to be

K

-theoretically free and proper (KFP) if the group trace

of

G a m m a

acts as the unit element in

K K_{m a t h b b R}^{G a m m a} (A, A)

. We show that free and proper

G a m m a

-algebras (in the sense of Kasparov) have the (KFP) property. Moreover, if

G a m m a

is torsion free and satisfies the

K K^{G} a m m a

-form of the Baum-Connes conjecture, then every

G a m m a

-algebra satisfies (KFP). If

a l p h a : G a m m a o U_{n}

is a unitary representation and

A

satisfies property (KFP), we construct in a canonical way a rho class

h o_{a} l p h a^{A} i n K K_{m a t h b b R / m a t h b b Z}^{1, G a m m a} (A, A)

. This construction generalizes the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer

K

-theory class with

m a t h b b R / m a t h b b Z

coefficients associated to

a l p h a

.

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