Hausdorff tight groupoids generalised (Q2308096)

This work can be seen as a generalization of the Stone-type duality of [\textit{M. V. Lawson}, Int. J. Algebra Comput. 22, No. 6, 1250058, 47 p. (2012; Zbl 1273.22006)]. Its main motivations are: (1) the tight groupoid construction of [\textit{R. Exel}, Bull. Braz. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 39, No. 2, 191--313 (2008; Zbl 1173.46035)], which yields an ample groupoid from an inverse semigroup and has proved successful in producing groupoid models for many C*-algebras that are equipped with rich supplies of projections; (2) the need to extend this type of combinatorial groupoid model to projectionless C*-algebras, such as the Jiang-Su algebra \(\mathcal{Z}\) [\textit{X. Jiang} and \textit{H. Su}, Am. J. Math. 121, No. 2, 359--413 (1999; Zbl 0923.46069)] and the Jacelon-Razak algebra \(\mathcal W\) [\textit{B. Jacelon}, J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 87, No. 2, 365--383 (2013; Zbl 1275.46047); \textit{S. Razak}, Can. J. Math. 54, No. 1, 138--224 (2002; Zbl 1038.46051)], which have come to the fore in the classification program of C*-algebras. Although groupoid models for these algebras have been shown to exist, the aim of the paper is to provide a better combinatorial model based on a generalized tight groupoid construction. Whereas in Exel's original construction the elements of inverse semigroups are represented as compact open bisections of a groupoid, in this paper they correspond to more general open bisections, albeit retaining enough information about compactness in order to produce locally compact groupoids. This is achieved by borrowing techniques from domain theory [\textit{G. Gierz} et al., Continuous lattices and domains. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2003; Zbl 1088.06001)]. Section 2 of the paper handles purely topological aspects, and Section 3 extends the results to inverse semigroups, yielding a duality between so-called pseudobasic inverse semigroups and étale pseudobases of locally compact Hausdorff étale groupoids.