Let X be a compact metric space. By results of Brown, Douglas and Fillmore, [BDF2], the K-homology of X is realized by Ext(X), the equivalence classes of unital and essential extensions of C(X) by the compact operators K on a separable infinite dimensional Hilbert space H , or equivalently, the equivalence classes of unital and injective ∗-homomorphisms C(X) → Q, where Q = L(H)/K is the Calkin ...