Equivariant K-theory and the Chern character for discrete groups

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Abstract

Let XX be a compact Hausdorff space, let ΓΓ be a discrete group that acts continuously on XX from the right, define X~={(x,γ)∈X×Γ:x⋅γ=x}\widetilde{X} = \{(x,γ) \in X \times Γ: x\cdotγ= x\}, and let ΓΓ act on X~\widetilde{X} via the formula (x,γ)⋅α=(x⋅α,α−1γα)(x,γ)\cdotα= (x\cdotα, α^{-1}γα). Results of P. Baum and A. Connes, along with facts about the Chern character, imply that $K^i_Γ(X) \otimes \mathbb{C} \cong K^i(\widetilde{X}\slashΓ) \otimes \mathbb{C}$ for i=0,−1i = 0, -1. In this note, we present an example where the groups KΓi(X)K^i_Γ(X) and $K^i(\widetilde{X}\slashΓ)$ are not isomorphic.

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