Hopf algebroids and secondary characteristic classes

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2007-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/0711.3177v2

Mathematics

K-Theory and Homology

24 pages

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We study a Hopf algebroid, $\calh$, naturally associated to the groupoid $U_n^\delta\ltimes U_n$. We show that classes in the Hopf cyclic cohomology of $\calh$ can be used to define secondary characteristic classes of trivialized flat $U_n$-bundles. For example, there is a cyclic class which corresponds to the universal transgressed Chern character and which gives rise to the continuous part of the $\rho$-invariant of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer. Moreover, these cyclic classes are shown to extend to the K-theory of the associated $C^{*}$-algebra. This point of view gives leads to homotopy invariance results for certain characteristic numbers. In particular, we define a subgroup of the cohomology of a group analogous to the Gelfand-Fuchs classes described by Connes, \cite{connes:transverse}, and show that the higher signatures associated to them are homotopy invariant.

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