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Complex Topological K Theory and Bott Periodicity

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1 · Prerequisites
Abstract Algebra
Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
Combinatorics
Complex Analysis
Homological Algebra
Linear Algebra
Real Analysis
Set Theory
Topology
2 · Logical flowchart

3 · Items

Definition

The Whitney-sum monoid of complex vector bundles

Definition

Complex topological K⁰ by Grothendieck completion

Proposition

Equality in K⁰ is stable isomorphism over compact bases

Definition

Grothendieck ring structure and rank map

Definition

Reduced complex K-theory

Proposition

K⁰ is contravariantly functorial and homotopy invariant

Theorem

Reduced K-theory exact sequence of a cofibration

Definition

External product in complex K-theory

Lemma

Determinant classifies loops in complex general linear groups

Theorem

Hopf-line calculation of K⁰(S²)

Lemma

Normalized clutching data for bundles over X×S²

Lemma

Uniform Laurent approximation through bundle automorphisms

Lemma

Negative Laurent powers are cleared by Hopf-line stabilization

Lemma

Polynomial clutching families stabilize to linear clutching

Lemma

Linear clutching splits into spectral subbundles

Theorem

Fundamental product theorem for complex K-theory

Definition

Negative-degree complex K-groups

Theorem

Complex Bott periodicity

Corollary

Complex K-theory of spheres

Theorem

Complex K-theory is a two-periodic generalized cohomology theory

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