Spanier-Whitehead K-duality for $C^{\ast }$-algebras

Abstract

Classical Spanier-Whitehead duality was introduced for the stable homotopy category of finite CW complexes. Here we provide a comprehensive treatment of a noncommutative version, termed Spanier-Whitehead $K$-duality, which is defined on the category of $C^{\ast }$-algebras whose $K$-theory is finitely generated and that satisfy the UCT with morphisms the $KK$-groups. We explore what happens when these assumptions are relaxed in various ways. In particular, we consider the relationship between Paschke duality and Spanier-Whitehead $K$-duality.

28 pages, Typos corrected and referees comments incorporated. To appear in Journal of Topology and Analysis