We study the Pimsner algebra associated with the module of continuous sections of a Hilbert bundle, and prove that it is a continuous bundle of Cuntz algebras. We discuss the role of such Pimsner algebras w.r.t. the notion of inner endomorphism. Furthermore, we study bundles of Cuntz algebras carrying a global circle action, and assign to them a class in the representable KK -group of the zero-...

0.1. Notations and Conventions. During this note, we will fix a base field k (e.g. the complex numbers C). The multiplicative group of the field k will be denoted by Gm. All the vector spaces considered will be finite dimensional vector spaces over the field k. For a given vector space V of dimension≥ 1, we will denote the dual vector space, the projective space parameterizing 1-dimensional sub...

Let r; n be xed natural numbers. We prove that for n-manifolds the set of all linear natural operators T ! T T (r) is a nitely dimensional vector space over R. We construct explicitly the bases of the vector spaces. As a corollary we nd all linear natural operators T ! T r. All manifolds and maps are assumed to be innnitely diierentiable. 0. Let r; n be xed natural numbers. Given a manifold M w...

We introduce a collection of convex polytopes associated to a torus-equivariant vector bundle on a smooth complete toric variety. We show that the lattice points in these polytopes correspond to generators for the space of global sections and we relate edges to jets. Using the polytopes, we also exhibit toric vector bundles that are ample but not globally generated, and toric vector bundles tha...