Cuntz-Krieger-Pimsner algebras associated with amalgamated free product groups (Q1607968)

Summary: We give a construction of a nuclear \(C^*\)-algebra associated with an amalgamated free product of groups, generalizing Spielberg's construction of a certain Cuntz-Krieger algebra associated with a finitely generated free product of cyclic groups. Our nuclear \(C^*\)-algebras can be identified with certain Cuntz-Krieger-Pimsner algebras. We will also show that our algebras can be obtained by the crossed product construction of the canonical actions on the hyperbolic boundaries, which proves a special case of Adams' result about amenability of the boundary action for hyperbolic groups. We will also give an explicit formula of the \(K\)-groups of our algebras. Finally, we will investigate a relationship between the KMS states of the generalized gauge actions on our \(C^*\)-algebras and random walks on the groups.