Periodicity conjecture for torsion-free crystallographic groups

Let Γ<Isom(Rk)\Gamma<\operatorname{Isom}(\mathbb{R}^k) be a torsion-free crystallographic group. Its quotient Rk/Γ\mathbb{R}^k/\Gamma is a closed aspherical manifold, and K(Rk/Γ)K^*(\mathbb{R}^k/\Gamma) denotes its complex topological KK-theory. Periodicity conjecture. For >Qcd(Γ)2*>\mathbb{Q}\operatorname{cd}(\Gamma)-2, there is an isomorphism

πKdef(Γ)K(Rk/Γ).\pi_*K^{\mathrm{def}}(\Gamma)\cong K^*(\mathbb{R}^k/\Gamma).

For products of aspherical surface groups, analogous identifications are known above the rational cohomological dimension minus two. The conjecture predicts the corresponding description for torsion-free crystallographic groups, extending the known Bott periodicity result for virtually free abelian groups.

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Daniel A. Ramras, “Periodicity in the stable representation theory of crystallographic groups”, arXiv:1007.0406 (2018).

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