Abstract
Associated to a discrete group , one has the topological category of finite dimensional (unitary) –representations and (unitary) isomorphisms. Block sums provide this category with a permutative structure, and the associated –theory spectrum is Carlsson’s deformation –theory . The goal of this paper is to examine the behavior of this functor on free products. Our main theorem shows the square of spectra associated to (considered as an amalgamated product over the trivial group) is homotopy cartesian. The proof uses a general result regarding group completions of homotopy commutative topological monoids, which may be of some independent interest.
Citation
Daniel Ramras. "Excision for deformation $K$–theory of free products." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 7 (4) 2239 - 2270, 2007. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2007.7.2239
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