Analytic Kasparov product for non-separable C$^*$-algebras
We develop an analytic framework for the explicit construction of Kasparov products on uncountably generated Hilbert modules over non-separable C$^*$-algebras by extending the classical Kasparov bimodule picture. In particular, this yields a well-defined functor from the category of general C$^*$-algebras whose restriction to separable C$^*$-algebras coincides with classical KK-theory and which satisfies several properties expected of non-separable KK-theory. A key idea of the extension is to replace a single Fredholm operator on a Kasparov bimodule with a net and to encode the directed system of separable C$^*$-subalgebras. We also introduce the notion of freely complementable Hilbert modules and develop cropping techniques to extend Kasparov's technical theorem beyond the countably generated setting. It naturally gives rise to a sufficiently broad class of C$^*$-algebras that provides a non-commutative analogue of paracompactness and includes all $σ$-unital algebras.
Authors
- Ikhan Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7673-4317)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.40351
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Operator Algebra Research
- Type
- preprint