Split extensions and KK-equivalences for quantum projective spaces

Abstract: We study the noncommutative topology of the $C^*$-algebras $C(\mathbb{C}P_q^{n})$ of the quantum projective spaces within the framework of Kasparov's bivariant K-theory. In particular, we construct an explicit KK-equivalence with the commutative algebra $\mathbb{C}^{n+1}$. Our construction relies on showing that the extension of $C^*$-algebras relating two quantum projective spaces of successive dimensions admits a splitting, which we can describe explicitly using graph algebra techniques.