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Other kinds of equivalence relations on the set of idempotents of a Banach or $C^*$-algebra or a ring (Can we get a new kind of K-theory?)

The standard equivalent relations on idempotents of a $C^*$ algebra or a Banach algebra are Murray von Neumann, similarity and homotopy equivalent. In this post we consider two other kinds of ...
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Left and right topological K-theory of Banach algebras

Let us consider the topological $K$-functor on the category of Banach algebras as described in page $18$ of "Introduction to the Baum–Connes conjecture" by Alain Valette. The definition is based on ...