Ralf Meyer lectures 19-21 January
2011
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Ralf Meyer (Göttingen) will be delivering a series of lectures on:
Geometric models for equivariant bivariant K-theory
Abstract:
We use correspondences to define a purely topological equivariant bivariant K-theory for spaces with a proper groupoid action. Our notion of correspondence differs
slightly from that of Connes and Skandalis. Our construction uses no special
features of equivariant K-theory. To highlight this, we construct bivariant extensions for arbitrary equivariant
multiplicative cohomology theories.
We formulate necessary and sufficient conditions for certain duality isomorphisms in the topological bivariant
K-theory and verify these conditions in some cases, including smooth manifolds
with a smooth cocompact action of a Lie group. One of
these duality isomorphisms reduces bivariant K-theory to K-theory with support conditions. Since
similar duality isomorphisms exist in Kasparov
theory, the topological and analytic bivariant
K-theories agree if there is such a duality isomorphism.
This is joint work with Heath Emerson, which appeared in Adv. Math. 225 (2010), 2840-2882 and 2883-2919.
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