Equivariant \({\mathcal{Z}} \)-stability for single automorphisms on simple \(C^*\)-algebras with tractable trace simplices (Q6038745)

The present paper concerns the classification of amenable group actions on classifiable C*-algebras up to cocycle conjugacy, with a focus on the conjecture that equivariant \(\mathcal{Z}\)-stability is automatic for such C*-dynamical systems. For the purposes of the paper, \(A\) is a C*-algebra that is algebraically simple, separable, nuclear and \(\mathcal{Z}\)-stable for the Jiang-Su algebra \(\mathcal {Z}\) such that its trace space \(T(A)\) is a Bauer simplex and the extremal boundary \(\partial_e T(A)\) has finite covering dimension. Under these assumptions, it is shown that an automorphism \(\alpha\) of \(A\) is cocycle conjugate to \(\alpha \otimes \mathrm{id}_{\mathcal{Z}}\). This generalizes a recent result of Gardella-Hirshberg-Vaccaro [\textit{E. Gardella} et al., J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 162, 76--123 (2022; Zbl 1496.46068)]. As an intermediate result, it is shown that, if \(G\) is a countable discrete group for which all finitely generated subgroups are virtually nilpotent and \(G\) acts on \(A\) by \(\alpha\) so that the induced action on \(\partial_e T(A)\) is free, then \(\alpha\) is cocycle conjugate to \(\alpha \otimes \mathrm{id}_{\mathcal{Z}}\). Furthermore, it is shown that, if \(\alpha : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathrm{Aut}(A)\) is a strongly outer action, then \(\dim_{\mathrm{Rok}}^c (\alpha) \leq 2\); as a corollary, it is shown that \(\alpha\) is cocycle conjugate to \(\alpha \otimes \delta\) for any action \(\delta : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathrm{Aut}(D)\) on a strongly self-absorbing C*-algebra \(D\) with \(A \simeq A \otimes D\).