%0 Journal Article %T Differential function spectra, the differential Becker-Gottlieb transfer, and applications to differential algebraic K-theory %A Ulrich Bunke %A David Gepner %J Mathematics %D 2013 %I arXiv %X We develop differential algebraic K-theory for rings of integers in number fields and we construct a cycle map from geometrized bundles of modules over such a ring to the differential algebraic K-theory. We also treat some of the foundational aspects of differential cohomology, including differential function spectra and the differential Becker-Gottlieb transfer. We then state a transfer index conjecture about the equality of the Becker-Gottlieb transfer and the analytic transfer defined by Lott. In support of this conjecture, we derive some non-trivial consequences which are provable by independent means. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0247v1