nLab Fredholm module

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For AA a C-star algebra, an odd Fredholm module over AA is a representation π:A()\pi : A \to \mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H}) of AA on a Hilbert space \mathcal{H} together with a Fredholm operator FF on \mathcal{H} such that [F,π(a)]𝒦()[F,\pi(a)] \in \mathcal{K}(\mathcal{H}) for all aAa \in A.

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(Here ()\mathcal{B}(-) denotes bounded operators and 𝒦()\mathcal{K}(-) denotes compact operators).

A Fredholm module defines a class in K-homology, hence in KK-theory.

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