THE C1-Invariance of the Godbillon-Vey Map in Analytical K-Theory

1987 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1210-1222
Author(s):  
Toshikazu Natsume
Keyword(s):  
Cohomology Class ◽  
Discrete Group ◽  
Chern Character ◽  
Cyclic Cohomology ◽  
Crossed Product ◽  
Additive Map ◽  
K Theory

An action α of a discrete group Γ on the circle S1 as orientation preserving C∞-diffeomorphisms gives rise to a foliation on the homotopy quotient S1Γ, and its Godbillon-Vey invariant is, by definition, a cohomology class of S1Γ([1]). This cohomology class naturally defines an additive map from the geometric K-group K0(S1, Γ) into C, through the Chern character from K0(S1, Γ) to H*(S1, Γ Q).Using cyclic cohomology, Connes constructed in [2] an additive map, GV(α), which we shall call the Godbillon-Vey map, from the K0-group of the reduced crossed product C*-algebra C(S1) ⋊ αΓ into C. He showed that GV(α) agrees with the geometric Godbillon-Vey invariant through the index map μ from K0(S1, Γ) to K0(C(S1) ⋊ αΓ).

scholarly journals Higher spectral flow and an entire bivariant JLO cocycle

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moulay-Tahar Benameur ◽  
Alan L. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Operator ◽  
Chern Character ◽  
Dirac Operators ◽  
Cyclic Cohomology ◽  
Closed Manifold ◽  
Spectral Flow ◽  
Smooth Functions ◽  
Base Manifold ◽  
K Theory ◽  
Higher Spectral Flow

AbstractFor a single Dirac operator on a closed manifold the cocycle introduced by Jaffe-Lesniewski-Osterwalder [19] (abbreviated here to JLO), is a representative of Connes' Chern character map from the K-theory of the algebra of smooth functions on the manifold to its entire cyclic cohomology. Given a smooth fibration of closed manifolds and a family of generalized Dirac operators along the fibers, we define in this paper an associated bivariant JLO cocycle. We then prove that, for any l ≥ 0, our bivariant JLO cocycle is entire when we endow smoooth functions on the total manifold with the Cl+1 topology and functions on the base manifold with the Cl topology. As a by-product of our theorem, we deduce that the bivariant JLO cocycle is entire for the Fréchet smooth topologies. We then prove that our JLO bivariant cocycle computes the Chern character of the Dai-Zhang higher spectral flow.

scholarly journals Chern character for twisted K-theory of orbifolds

2006 ◽  
Vol 207 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Tu ◽  
Ping Xu
Keyword(s):  
Chern Character ◽  
K Theory

scholarly journals Chern Character in Twisted K -Theory: Equivariant and Holomorphic Cases

2003 ◽  
Vol 236 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varghese Mathai ◽  
Danny Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Chern Character ◽  
K Theory

On the β-Construction in K-Theory

1972 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 819-824
Author(s):  
C. M. Naylor
Keyword(s):  
Lie Group ◽  
Chern Character ◽  
Complex Representation ◽  
Group Homomorphism ◽  
Unique Element ◽  
Compact Lie Group ◽  
Fundamental Representation ◽  
K Theory ◽  
Simply Connected

The β-construction assigns to each complex representation φ of the compact Lie group G a unique element β(φ) in (G). For the details of this construction the reader is referred to [1] or [5]. The purpose of the present paper is to determine some of the properties of the element β(φ) in terms of the invariants of the representation φ. More precisely, we consider the following question. Let G be a simple, simply-connected compact Lie group and let f : S3 →G be a Lie group homomorphism. Then (S3) ⋍ Z with generator x = β(φ1), φ1 the fundamental representation of S3 , so that if φ is a representation of G,f*(φ) = n(φ)x, where n(φ) is an integer depending on φ and f . The problem is to determine n(φ).Since G is simple and simply-connected we may assume that ch2, the component of the Chern character in dimension 4 takes its values in H4(SG,Z)≅Z. Let u be a generator of H4(SG,Z) so that ch2(β (φ)) = m(φ)u, m(φ) an integer depending on φ.

scholarly journals Delocalized Eta Invariants, Algebraicity, and K-Theory of Group C*-Algebras

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhizhang Xie ◽  
Guoliang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Conjugacy Class ◽  
Discrete Group ◽  
Polynomial Growth ◽  
Algebraic Numbers ◽  
Eta Invariant ◽  
Trace Map ◽  
Novikov Conjecture ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Eta Invariants ◽  
K Theory

Abstract In this paper, we establish a precise connection between higher rho invariants and delocalized eta invariants. Given an element in a discrete group, if its conjugacy class has polynomial growth, then there is a natural trace map on the $K_0$-group of its group $C^\ast$-algebra. For each such trace map, we construct a determinant map on secondary higher invariants. We show that, under the evaluation of this determinant map, the image of a higher rho invariant is precisely the corresponding delocalized eta invariant of Lott. As a consequence, we show that if the Baum–Connes conjecture holds for a group, then Lott’s delocalized eta invariants take values in algebraic numbers. We also generalize Lott’s delocalized eta invariant to the case where the corresponding conjugacy class does not have polynomial growth, provided that the strong Novikov conjecture holds for the group.

Chern character in equivariant entire cyclic cohomology

K-Theory ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slawomir Klimek ◽  
Andrzej Lesniewski
Keyword(s):  
Chern Character ◽  
Cyclic Cohomology
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