$K$-theory and homotopies of 2-cocycles on group bundles

TL;DR

This paper proves that homotopies of 2-cocycles on certain groupoid bundles induce isomorphisms in the K-theory of their associated twisted groupoid C*-algebras, extending previous results in the field.

Contribution

It establishes that homotopies of 2-cocycles on locally trivial bundles of amenable groups lead to K-theory isomorphisms, broadening understanding of the stability of K-theory under cocycle deformations.

Findings

Homotopies of 2-cocycles induce K-theory isomorphisms.

Results apply to locally trivial bundles of amenable groups.

Extends previous work on groupoid C*-algebras and cocycle homotopies.

Abstract

This paper continues the author's program to investigate the question of when a homotopy of 2-cocycles $\Omega = \{\omega_t\}_{t \in [0,1]}$ on a locally compact Hausdorff groupoid $\mathcal{G}$ induces an isomorphism of the $K$-theory groups of the twisted groupoid $C^*$-algebras: $K_*(C^*(\mathcal{G}, \omega_0)) \cong K_*(C^*(\mathcal{G}, \omega_1)).$ Building on our earlier work, we show that if $\pi: \mathcal{G} \to M$ is a locally trivial bundle of amenable groups over a locally compact Hausdorff space $M$, a homotopy $\Omega = \{\omega_t\}_{t \in [0,1]}$ of 2-cocycles on $\mathcal{G} $ gives rise to an isomorphism $K_*(C^*(\mathcal{G}, \omega_0)) \cong K_*(C^*(\mathcal{G}, \omega_1)).$