Delocalized Chern character for stringy orbifold K-theory
Authors:
Jianxun Hu and Bai-Ling Wang
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 365 (2013), 6309-6341
MSC (2010):
Primary 57R19, 19L10, 22A22; Secondary 55N15, 53D45
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-2013-05834-5
Published electronically:
June 4, 2013
MathSciNet review:
3105753
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Abstract: In this paper, we define a stringy product on , the orbifold K-theory of any almost complex presentable orbifold
. We establish that under this stringy product, the delocalized Chern character





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Jianxun Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China
Email:
stsjxhu@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Bai-Ling Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Email:
bai-ling.wang@anu.edu.au
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-2013-05834-5
Keywords:
Orbifold K-theory,
delocalized Chern character,
Chen-Ruan cohomology
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Published electronically:
June 4, 2013
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