Decomposition rank and \(\mathcal{Z}\)-stability (Q2655173)

The author proves that separable simple non-elementary unital \(C^*\)-algebras with finite decomposition rank absorb the Jiang--Su algebra tensorially. This implies that the \(C^*\)-algebras associated to uniquely ergodic smooth minimal dynamical systems (with compact finite-dimensional smooth manifolds as underlying spaces) are classified by their ordered \(K\)-groups. Another corollary shows that the Jiang--Su algebra is the uniquely determined separable simple nonelementary unital \(C^*\)-algebra with finite decomposition rank and unique tracial state, which satisfies the UCT and which is \(KK\)-equivalent to the complex numbers.