\(K\)-theory for Leavitt path algebras: computation and classification. (Q2343494)

The authors compute explicit formulas for the higher algebraic \(K\)-groups of Leavitt path algebras over certain fields, including all finite fields and all algebraically closed fields. They use a long exact sequence for \(K\)-groups of Leavitt path algebras deduced by Ara, Brustenga, and Cortiñas, but extended in this paper, to Leavitt path algebras of countable graphs with infinite emitters. They examine the classification problem of Leavitt path algebras using \(K\)-theory. As mentioned in the paper, the \(K_0\)-group and \(K_1\)-group do not suffice to classify purely infinite simple unital Leavitt path algebras of infinite graphs up to Morita equivalence when the underlying field is the rational numbers. If the ground field is a number field (which includes the case when the field is the rational numbers), it is proved that the pair consisting of the \(K_0\)-group and the \(K_6\)-group, does suffice to classify these Leavitt path algebras up to Morita equivalence.