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On ext(G2)

Part of: Methods of category theory in functional analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Victor Snaith
Victor Snaith
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Department of Mathematics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9.
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Extract

In [7[ a functor Ext is defined in terms of C*-extensions. It is a covariant functor from the homotopy category of compact, metrizable spaces to abelian groups. Further details are given in [7, 8, 9, 11]. From [7, 14] Ext extends to a Steenrod homology theory, Ext*, which may be identified with the one associated with unitary K-theory. Since Lie groups are fundamental to K-theory (see [2, p. 24]) one might expect Ext(G) to be of interest when G is a Lie group.

MSC classification

Secondary: 46M20: Methods of algebraic topology (cohomology, sheaf and bundle theory, etc.)
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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , June 1981 , pp. 79 - 85
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Copyright © University College London 1981

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