Finite part of operator K-theory for groups with rapid decay

DOI10.4171/JNCG/205MaRDI QIDQ893793zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Sherry Gong

Publication date 20 November 2015

Published in Journal of Noncommutative Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.3341

zbMATH Keywords

group \(C^*\)-algebrasidempotentsoperator \(K\)-theoryrapid decay propertyreduced \(C^*\)-algebrastracesunique tracial state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(K_0) of group rings and orders (19A31) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) (K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) Linear operators in algebras (47C05)

Abstract: In this paper we study the part of the $K$-theory of the reduced $C^{\ast }$-algebra arising from torsion elements of the group, and in particular we study the pairing of $K$-theory with traces and when traces can detect certain $K$-theory elements. In the case of groups with Property RD, we give a condition on the growth of conjugacy classes that determines whether they can be detected. Moreover, in the case that they can be detected, we show that nonzero elements in the part of the $K$-theory generated by torsion elements are not in the image of the assembly map $K_0^G(EG)o{K}_0(C^{\ast }G)$. One application of this is a lower bound for the structure groups of certain manifolds.

Review text

The article is devoted to the \(K\)-theory of the reduced \(C^*\)-algebras. The latter is generated from the group elements of finite orders. To each such element an idempotent of the group algebra is counterposed. Particularly, groups with a rapid decay property (RD) are considered. For them a sufficient condition is elaborated on the growth of conjugacy classes for a group to have the RD property. Imposing such condition lower bounds for structure groups of certain manifolds are estimated. The \(K\)-theory generated by torsion elements is utilized for this purpose.

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