Geometric construction of classes in van Daele's K-theory

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Main Authors: Joseph, Collin Mark, Meyer, Ralf
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Published: 2022
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author Joseph, Collin Mark
Meyer, Ralf
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Meyer, Ralf
contents We describe explicit generators for the "real" K-theory of "real" spheres in van Daele's picture. Pulling these generators back along suitable maps from tori to spheres produces a family of Hamiltonians used in the physics literature on topological insulators. We compute their K-theory classes geometrically, based on wrong-way functoriality of K-theory and the geometric version of bivariant K-theory, which we extend to the "real" case.
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spellingShingle Geometric construction of classes in van Daele's K-theory
Joseph, Collin Mark
Meyer, Ralf
K-Theory and Homology
We describe explicit generators for the "real" K-theory of "real" spheres in van Daele's picture. Pulling these generators back along suitable maps from tori to spheres produces a family of Hamiltonians used in the physics literature on topological insulators. We compute their K-theory classes geometrically, based on wrong-way functoriality of K-theory and the geometric version of bivariant K-theory, which we extend to the "real" case.
title Geometric construction of classes in van Daele's K-theory
topic K-Theory and Homology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.16245