K-duality for pseudomanifolds with isolated singularities

Abstract

We associate to a pseudomanifold $X$ with isolated singularities a differentiable groupoid $G$ which plays the role of the tangent space of $X$. We construct a Dirac element $D$ and a Dual Dirac element $\lambda$ such that $D$ and $\lambda$ induce a Poincar{é} duality in $K$-theory between the $C^{\ast }$-algebras $C(X)$ and $C^{\ast }(G)$.

27 pages, To appear in J. of Functional Analysis