The odd pairing of a nonunital algebra #
Let A be a possibly nonunital complex algebra and A⁺ = Unitization ℂ A its forced unitization.
The cyclic cohomology of A is the relative cyclic cohomology HCⁿ(A; M), the cohomology of the
cyclic cochains on A⁺ vanishing when all arguments are scalar, and its K₁ is the relative
K₁, the kernel of K₁(A⁺) → K₁(ℂ). This file defines Connes' odd pairing between them: a
relative class x ∈ K₁(A⁺) pairs with c ∈ HC²ᵐ⁺¹(A; M) through Connes' odd pairing of K₁(A⁺)
with the image of c in the cyclic cohomology HC²ᵐ⁺¹(A⁺; M) of the forced unitization.
For an invertible matrix u over A⁺ with a relative class and a relative cyclic cocycle φ,
the pairing is Connes' formula
(1 + i)⁻¹ 2⁻ⁿ Γ(n/2 + 1)⁻¹ (φ#Tr)(u⁻¹ - 1, u - 1, …, u⁻¹ - 1, u - 1) with n = 2m + 1.
The matrix extension of a relative cyclic cochain vanishes when all its arguments are scalar
matrices, so the classes of scalar matrices pair trivially with relative cyclic cohomology. Since
K₁(A⁺) is the product of relative K₁ and the classes of scalar matrices, the pairing of an
arbitrary class of A⁺ with a relative cyclic class is the pairing of its relative part: no
information is lost by restricting to relative K₁. The pairing is natural for homomorphisms of
nonunital algebras.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.relativeAlgebraicK1.oddPairing: Connes' odd pairing of relativeK₁with relative cyclic cohomology.
Main results #
TauCeti.relativeAlgebraicK1.oddPairing_mk_mk: Connes' formula for the pairing.TauCeti.AlgebraicK1.oddPairing_map_algebraMap_toUnitization_eq_zero: classes of scalar matrices pair trivially with relative cyclic cohomology.TauCeti.relativeAlgebraicK1.oddPairing_projection: the pairing of a class ofA⁺with a relative cyclic class is the pairing of its relative part.TauCeti.relativeAlgebraicK1.oddPairing_map: naturality.
References #
- A. Connes, Noncommutative Geometry, Chapter III, §3, for the odd pairing, and Chapter III, §1, for the cyclic cohomology of nonunital algebras through their unitization.
- J.-L. Loday, Cyclic Homology, §1.4 and §8.3.
Scalar classes pair trivially: the image in K₁(A⁺) of a class of K₁(ℂ) pairs to zero
with every relative cyclic cohomology class.
Connes' odd pairing of relative K₁ with relative cyclic cohomology in degree 2m + 1: a
relative class of K₁(A⁺) is sent to the functional c ↦ ⟨x, c⟩ on HC²ᵐ⁺¹(A; M), Connes' odd
pairing of x with the image of c in the cyclic cohomology of the forced unitization. It is a
homomorphism to the additive group of functionals, written multiplicatively.
Instances For
The odd pairing of a relative class x with a relative cyclic class c is the odd pairing of
x with the image of c in the cyclic cohomology of the forced unitization.
Connes' formula for the relative odd pairing: an invertible matrix u over A⁺ with a
relative class pairs with the class of a relative cyclic cocycle φ of degree n = 2m + 1 as
(1 + i)⁻¹ 2⁻ⁿ Γ(n/2 + 1)⁻¹ (φ#Tr)(u⁻¹ - 1, u - 1, …, u⁻¹ - 1, u - 1).
The pairing of an arbitrary class of A⁺ sees only its relative part: a class x of A⁺
pairs with a relative cyclic class as its relative part x · s(ε(x))⁻¹ does.
Naturality of the relative odd pairing: for a homomorphism of nonunital algebras
f : A →ₙₐ[ℂ] B, the image of a relative class x pairs with a relative cyclic class of B as
x pairs with the pullback of the class along f.