Let
be a
-algebra with an action of a
finite group
, and consider a
twisted crossed product
. We
find the Hochschild homology of
for two classes of algebras
:
rings of regular functions on nonsingular affine varieties, and graded Hecke algebras.
The results are achieved via algebraic families of (virtual) representations and include
a description of the Hochschild homology as a module over the centre of
.
In noncommutative geometric terms, our results describe the
differential forms on the space of irreducible representations of
. This paper
prepares for a computation of the Hochschild homology of the Hecke algebra of a reductive
-adic
group.