Groupoid actions and Koopman representations

Publication date 27 December 2022

Abstract: We study the

C^{*}

-algebra

C^{*} (k a p p a)

generated by the Koopman representation

k a p p a = k a p p a^{m} u

of a locally compact groupoid

G

acting on a measure space

(X, m u)

, where

m u

is quasi-invariant for the action. We interpret

k a p p a

as an induced representation and we prove that if the groupoid

G l t i m e s X

is amenable, then

k a p p a

is weakly contained in the regular representation

h o = h o^{m} u

associated to

m u

, so we have a surjective homomorphism

C_{r}^{*} (G) o C^{*} (k a p p a)

. We consider the particular case of Renault-Deaconu groupoids

G = G (X, T)

acting on their unit space

X

and show that in some cases

C^{*} (k a p p a) c o n g C^{*} (G)

.

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