\(C^*\)-algebras of multiplication operators on Bergman spaces (Q1070177)

Let \(\Omega\) be bounded domain in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) \((n\geq 1)\), let \(A^ 2(\Omega)\) be the Bergman space of \(\Omega\), and let \(C^*(\Omega)\) be the unital \(C^*\)-algebra generated by the operators of multiplication by the coordinate functions on \(\Omega\). The authors present the first example of a domain \(\Omega\) in \({\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) for which \(C^*(\Omega)\) is not type I, in sharp contrast with the \(n=1\) situation and with many previously known instances in several variables where \(C^*(\Omega)\) has a composition series of finite length. The domain in question is of Reinhardt type, and therefore the generators of \(C^*(\Omega)\) are multivariable weighted shifts. The authors associate to such operators a groupoid, and they then analyze the structure of the groupoid in terms of the behavior of the weight sequences. A careful analysis of that behavior for the domain \[ \Omega_{\delta_ 1\delta_ 2}:=\{(z_ 1,z_ 2)\in {\mathbb{C}}^ 2:\quad | z_ 1| <\delta_ 1\quad and\quad | z_ 2| <1,\quad or\quad | z_ 1| <1\quad and\quad | z_ 2| <\delta_ 2\} \] \((0<\delta_ 1,\delta_ 2<1)\), allows the authors to conclude that \(C^*(\Omega_{\delta_ 1,\delta_ 2})\) is type I if and only if ln \(\delta_ 1/\ln \delta_ 2\) is a rational number, thus providing a whole collection of \(\Omega\) 's with non-type I \(C^*\)-algebra.