Quasidiagonality of \(C^\ast\)-algebras of solvable Lie groups (Q1743550)

The paper is devoted to quasidiagonality properties of \(C^\ast\)-algebras. For group \(C^\ast\)-algebras it was recently proved [\textit{A. Tikuisis} et al., Ann. Math. (2) 185, No. 1, 229--284 (2017; Zbl 1367.46044)] that the amenability of a countable discrete group is equivalent to the quasidiagonality of its reduced \(C^\ast\)-algebra. However, for general locally compact groups the quasidiagonality properties of their \(C^\ast\)-algebras remain open. In the present paper, the authors consider this problem for connected solvable Lie groups. They show that a connected simply connected solvable Lie group of type I has a quasidiagonal \(C^\ast\)-algebra if and only if it is CCR. They also construct large and precisely described classes of Lie groups which are amenable and yet their \(C^\ast\)-algebras are not quasidiagonal.