UHF-slicing and classification of nuclear \(C^*\)-algebras (Q2878774)

A \(C^*\)-algebra is said to be subhomogeneous if the dimensions of its irreducible representations are uniformly bounded, and a \(C^*\)-algebra is said to be locally subhomogeneous if any finite subset is approximately contained in a sub-\(C^*\)-algebra which is subhomogeneous. One of the main problems in the classification of \(C^*\)-algebras is to cover locally subhomogeneous \(C^*\)-algebras into the classification program.NEWLINENEWLINELet \(A\) be a unital simple locally subhomogeneous \(C^*\)-algebra. Suppose that \(A\) has only finitely many extreme traces, and also suppose that all traces induce the same state on \(\mathrm{K}_0(A)\). Then, under a technical condition, the authors show that \(A\otimes Q\) can be tracially approximated by interval algebras, where \(Q\) is the universal UHF algebra. In particular, this implies that \(A\) is covered by the classification theorem of \textit{H.-X. Lin} [Invent. Math. 183, No. 2, 385--450 (2011; Zbl 1255.46031)] (see also [\textit{W. Winter}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 692, 193--231 (2014; Zbl 1327.46058)], [\textit{H.-X. Lin}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 692, 233--243 (2014; Zbl 1327.46056)] and [\textit{H.-X. Lin} and \textit{Z. Niu}, Adv. Math. 219, No. 5, 1729--1769 (2008; Zbl 1162.46033)]). Note that the technical condition is automatically satisfied if the spectrum of each approximating sub-\(C^*\)-algebra of \(A\) has dimension at most one.NEWLINENEWLINEAs an application, the authors give another proof that the \(C^*\)-algebras of the minimal homeomorphisms considered in [\textit{H.-X. Lin} and \textit{H. Matui}, Commun. Math. Phys. 257, No. 2, 425--471 (2005; Zbl 1080.37007)] are classifiable, provided that these \(C^*\)-algebras have finitely many extreme traces and all of them induce the same state on the \(\mathrm{K}_0\)-group.