Nilpotency of unstable K-theory

In the preceding papers [H. Hamanaka, A. Kono, On [X,U(n)], when dimX is 2n, J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 43 (2) (2003) 333-348; H. Hamanaka, On [X,U(n)], when dimX is 2n+1, J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 44 (3) (2004) 655-667; H. Hamanaka, Adams e-invariant, Toda bracket and [X,U(n)], J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 43 (4) (2003) 815-828], the group structure of the homotopy set [X,U(n)] with the pointwise multiplication is studied, where X is a finite CW-complex and U(n) is the unitary group. It is seen that nil[X,U(n)]=2 for some X with its dimension 2n, and, when dimX=2n+1 and n is even, [X,U(n)] is expressed as the two stage central extension of an Abelian group, i.e., nil[X,U(n)]?3.In this paper, we consider the nilpotency class of [X,U(n)], especially, for given k, the maximum of the nil[X,U(n)] under the condition dimX?2n+k is estimated and determined for k=0,1,2.     

K-theory of equivariant quantization

Using an equivariant version of Connes? Thom isomorphism, we prove that equivariant K-theory is invariant under strict deformation quantization for a compact Lie group action.     

Differential characters in K-theory

We define the new notion of R/Z-differential K-characters and study some properties. In particular, we show that the spectral eta invariant is an R/Z-secondary invariant in this theory.     

Additivity for derivator K-theory

We prove the additivity theorem for the K-theory of triangulated derivators. This solves one of the conjectures made by Maltsiniotis in [G. Maltsiniotis, La K-théorie d'un dérivateur triangulé, in: Alexei Davydov, Michael Batanin, Michael Johnson, Stephen Lack, Amnon Neeman (Eds.), Categories in Algebra, Geometry and Physics, Conference and Workshop in honor of Ross Street's 60th Birthday, in: Contemp. Math., vol. 431, Amer. Math. Soc., 2007, pp. 341-368]. We also review some basic definitions and results in the theory of derivators in the sense of Grothendieck.     

The range of united K-theory

We prove that the united K-theory functor is a surjective functor from the category of real simple separable purely infinite C^∗-algebras to the category of countable acyclic CRT-modules. As a consequence, we show that every complex Kirchberg algebra satisfying the universal coefficient theorem is the complexification of a real C^∗-algebra.     

Quantitative K-theory for Banach algebras

Quantitative (or controlled) K-theory for $C^{?}$-algebras was used by Guoliang Yu in his work on the Novikov conjecture, and later developed more formally by Yu together with Hervé Oyono-Oyono. In this paper, we extend their work by developing a framework of quantitative K-theory for the class of algebras of bounded linear operators on subquotients (i.e., subspaces of quotients) of $L_p$ spaces. We also prove the existence of a controlled Mayer–Vietoris sequence in this framework.     

Algebraic K-theory of special groups

Following the introduction of an algebraic K-theory of special groups in [Dickmann and Miraglia, Algebra Colloq. 10 (2003) 149-176], generalizing Milnor's mod 2 K-theory for fields, the aim of this paper is to compute the K-theory of Boolean algebras, inductive limits, finite products, extensions, SG-sums and (finitely) filtered Boolean powers of special groups. A parallel theme is the preservation by these constructions of property [SMC], an analog for the K-theory of special groups of the property “multiplication by l(-1) is injective” in Milnor's mod 2 K-theory (see [Milnor, Invent. Math. 9 (1970) 318-344]).     

Delooping the K-theory of exact categories

We generalize, from additive categories to exact categories, the concept of “Karoubi filtration” and the associated homotopy fibration in algebraic K-theory. As an application, we construct for any idempotent complete exact category an exact category such that .     

Algebraic and real K-theory of Real varieties

An algebraic variety defined over the real numbers has an associated topological space with involution, and algebraic vector bundles give rise to Real vector bundles. We show that the associated map from algebraic K-theory to Atiyah's Real K-theory is, after completion at two, an isomorphism on homotopy groups above the dimension of the variety.     

Noncommutative localisation in algebraic K-theory II

In [Amnon Neeman, Andrew Ranicki, Noncommutative localisation in algebraic K-theory I, Geom. Topol. 8 (2004) 1385-1425] we proved a localisation theorem in the algebraic K-theory of noncommutative rings. The main purpose of the current article is to express the general theorem of the previous paper in a more user-friendly fashion, in a way more suitable for applications. In the process we compare our result to the existing theorems in the literature, showing how the previous paper improves all the existing results.It should be pointed out that there have been two very interesting recent preprints on related topics. The reader is referred to the beautiful papers of Krause [Henning Krause, Cohomological quotients and smashing localizations, http://wwwmath.upb.de/~hkrause/publications.html. [8]] and Dwyer [William G. Dwyer, Noncommutative localization in homotopy theory, preprint, http://www.nd.edu/~wgd/. [4]]. Krause studies the lifting of chain complexes and the relation with the telescope conjecture, and Dwyer generalises to the homotopy theoretic framework.