K-Theory for Triangulated Categories 3 $frac{3}{4}$frac{3}{4}: A Direct Proof of the Theorem of the Heart

Let be a triangulated category, and assume it admits at least one model. In this article, we define a K-theory for . The main theorem is that, given any bounded i-structure on , the K-theory of the heart agrees with the K-theory of . An immediate consequence tells us that, if two Abelian categories occur as hearts of a triangulated category for two different t-structures, then their K-theories must be isomorphic.The proof was also sketched in previous articles in this series. The virtue of this article is in the careful detail in which it is written down.