A relation between 𝐾-theory and cohomology

Thomas, Alan

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1974-0370584-X

A relation between $K$-theory and cohomology
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Abstract:

It is well known that for X a CW-complex, $K(X)$ and ${H^{{\text {ev}}}}(X)$ are isomorphic modulo finite groups, although the “isomorphism” is not natural. The purpose of this paper is to improve this result for X a finite CW-complex.

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