%0 Journal Article
%T kk-Theory for Banach Algebras I: The Non-Equivariant Case
%A Walther Paravicini
%J Mathematics
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%X kk$^{\text{ban}}$ is a bivariant K-theory for Banach algebras that has reasonable homological properties, a product and is Morita invariant in a very general sense. We define it here by a universal property and ensure its existence in a rather abstract manner using triangulated categories. The definition ensures that there is a natural transformation from Lafforgue's theory KK$^{\text{ban}}$ into it so that one can take products of elements in KK$^{\text{ban}}$ that lie in kk$^{\text{ban}}$.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.2094v1