\(C^*\)-algebras associated with asymptotic equivalence relations defined by hyperbolic toral automorphisms (Q2046916)

Smale spaces form a class of hyperbolic dynamical systems with local product structure. \textit{I. F. Putnam} [Can. J. Math. 48, No. 1, 175--195 (1996; Zbl 0855.46034)] has introduced a groupoid structure and \(C^*\)-algebras related to them, which have been under thorough consideration. This construction contains the important class of shifts of finite type. In this paper the author studies a second important class related to hyperbolic toral automorphisms and provides explicit computations for the structure of the related \(C^*\)-algebra, as well as the range of the \(K_0\)-group under the unique tracial state. In more detail, the étale groupoid \(G_A^\alpha\) of a hyperbolic matrix \(A \in \mathrm{GL}(2, \mathbb{Z})\) is shown to be realized as a transformation groupoid \(\mathbb{T}^2 \times_{\alpha^A} \mathbb{Z}^2\), and therefore the \(C^*\)-algebra of \(G_A^\alpha\) is canonically isomorphic to the crossed product \(C(\mathbb{T}^2) \rtimes_{\alpha^A} \mathbb{Z}^2\). The action \(\alpha^A : \mathbb{Z}^2 \to \mathrm{Homeo}(\mathbb{T}^2)\) is minimal and free having a unique invariant ergodic measure. Hence, the \(C^*\)-algebra \(C^*(G_A^\alpha)\) is a simple AT-algebra with unique tracial state \(\tau\) that is isomorphic to the four-dimensional noncommutative torus, with the defining relations coming directly from the hyperbolic matrix \(A\). Likewise, the author gives an explicit computation of the \(K_0\)-group under \(\tau_\ast\) in terms of the entries of \(A\).