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1	Poincaré self-duality of A_θ Duwenig, Anna 09 April 2020 (has links) The irrational rotation algebra A_θ is known to be Poincaré self-dual in the KK-theoretic sense. The spectral triple representing the required K-homology fundamental class was constructed by Connes out of the Dolbeault operator on the 2-torus, but so far, there has not been an explicit description of the dual element. We geometrically construct, for certain elements g of the modular group, a finitely generated projective module L_g over A_θ ⊗ A_θ out of a pair of transverse Kronecker flows on the 2-torus. For upper triangular g, we find an unbounded cycle representing the dual of said module under Kasparov product with Connes' class, and prove that this cycle is invertible in KK(A_θ,A_θ), allowing us to 'untwist' L_g to an unbounded cycle representing the unit for the self-duality of A_θ. / Graduate irrational rotation algebra KK-theory abstract transversal groupoid Kronecker Flow noncommutative torus Poincaré duality Kasparov product unbounded operator noncommutative geometry bivariant K-theory