K-theory of the maximal and reduced Roe algebras of metric spaces with A-by-CE coarse fibrations

Abstract: Let $X$ be a discrete metric space with bounded geometry. We show that if $X$ admits an "A-by-CE coarse fibration", then the canonical quotient map $\lambda: C^*_{\max}(X)\to C^*(X)$ from the maximal Roe algebra to the Roe algebra of $X$, and the canonical quotient map $\lambda: C^*_{u, \max}(X)\to C^*_u(X)$ from the maximal uniform Roe algebra to the uniform Roe algebra of $X$, induce isomorphisms on $K$-theory. A typical example of such a space arises from a sequence of group extensions ${1\to N_n\to G_n\to Q_n\to 1}$ such that the sequence ${N_n}$ has Yu's property A, and the sequence ${Q_n}$ admits a coarse embedding into Hilbert space. This extends an early result of J. \v{S}pakula and R. Willett \cite{JR2013} to the case of metric spaces which may not admit a coarse embedding into Hilbert space. Moreover, it implies that the maximal coarse Baum-Connes conjecture holds for a large class of metric spaces which may not admit a fibred coarse embedding into Hilbert space.