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On the topology of the Kasparov groups and its applications

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In this paper we establish a direct connection between stable approximate unitary equivalence for $*$-homomorphisms and the topology of the KK-groups which avoids entirely C*-algebra extension theory and does not require nuclearity assumptions. To this purpose we show that a topology on the Kasparov groups can be defined in terms of approximate unitary equivalence for Cuntz pairs and that this topology coincides with both Pimsner's topology and the Brown-Salinas topology. We study the generalized R{\o}rdam group $KL(A,B)=KK(A,B)/\bar{0}$, and prove that if a separable exact residually finite dimensional C*-algebra satisfies the universal coefficient theorem in KK-theory, then it embeds in the UHF algebra of type $2^\infty$. In particular such an embedding exists for the C*-algebra of a second countable amenable locally compact maximally almost periodic group.

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Marius Dadarlat. 2004-10-18. On the topology of the Kasparov groups and its applications. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0410400

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