K-theory computation for Col-divisible polytopes

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Let RR be a commutative ring and let PP be a Col-divisible polytope of arbitrary dimension. Write Ki(R,P)K_i(R,P) for its associated KK-groups, and let c(P)≤dim⁡P{\mathfrak c}(P)\leq\dim P be the natural number determined explicitly by the partial product table of Col⁡(P)\operatorname{Col}(P). Then the Col-divisible polytope conjecture.

Ki(R,P)=Ki(R)⊕⋯⊕Ki(R)⏟c(P),i≥2.K_i(R,P)=\underbrace{K_i(R)\oplus\cdots\oplus K_i(R)}_{{\mathfrak c}(P)},\qquad i\geq 2.

The claim proposes that the higher KK-groups associated with every Col-divisible polytope decompose as a finite direct sum of copies of the usual KK-groups of the underlying ring. The preceding discussion presents this as an extension of the established computations for the listed two-dimensional cases; the general higher-dimensional computation remains open.

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Winfried Bruns and Joseph Gubeladze, “Polytopes and K-theory”, arXiv:math/0405438 (2004).

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