# nLab K-homology

Contents

### Context

#### Index theory

index theory, KK-theory

noncommutative stable homotopy theory

partition function

genus, orientation in generalized cohomology

## Definitions

operator K-theory

K-homology

cohomology

# Contents

## Idea

In terms of KK-theory, the $K$-homology of a C*-algebra $A$ is $KK(A,\mathbb{C})$.

## Presentations

There are various useful ways to present K-homology classes.

### By geometric cycles

See at Baum-Douglas geometric cycle.

### By Fredholm modules and Dirac operators

Let $(X,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold. Let

$C_\tau(X) \coloneqq \Gamma_0(\wedge^\bullet T^\ast X)$

be the algebra of continuous sections of the exterior bundle vanishing at infinity, and let

$\mathcal{H} \coloneqq L^2(\wedge^\bullet T^\ast X)$

be the space of square integrable sections of the exterior bundle. Write $\mathcal{D} = d + d^\ast$ for the Kähler-Dirac operator and $\mathcal{F} = \mathcal{D} (1 + \mathcal{D}^2)^{-1/2}$. Then $(\mathcal{H}, \mathcal{F})$ is a Fredholm-Hilbert module which hence represents an element

$[d_X + d^\ast_X] \in KK(C_\tau(X), \mathbb{C}) \,.$

Now assume that $X$ carries a spin^c structure. Then there exists a vector bundle $S \to X$ such that $C_\tau(X) = End(S)$ and hence a Morita equivalence $C_\tau(X) \simeq_{Morita} C_0(X)$ with the algebra of continuous functions vanishing at infinity.

Let then

$H \coloneqq L^2(S)$

and write $D$ for the Spin^c Dirac operator and $F \coloneqq D (1+ D^2)^{-1/2}$.

Then under the above Morita equivalence these two Fredholm-Hilbert modules represent the same element in K-homology

$[d_X + d^\ast_X] = [D] \in KK(C_0(X), \mathbb{C}) \,.$

## References

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