Twisted Steinberg algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2021.106853MaRDI QIDQ2229973zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Becky Armstrong, Lisa Orloff Clark, Kristin Courtney, Ying-Fen Lin, Kathryn McCormick, Jacqui Ramagge

Publication date 17 September 2021

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13005

zbMATH Keywords

cohomologygraded algebraSteinberg algebratopological groupoid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Associative rings and algebras arising under various constructions (16S99) Topological groupoids (including differentiable and Lie groupoids) (22A22)

Abstract: We introduce twisted Steinberg algebras over a commutative unital ring $R$. These generalise Steinberg algebras and are a purely algebraic analogue of Renault's twisted groupoid C*-algebras. In particular, for each ample Hausdorff groupoid $G$ and each locally constant $2$-cocycle $sigma$ on $G$ taking values in the units $R^{i}mes$, we study the algebra $A_R(G,sigma)$ consisting of locally constant compactly supported $R$-valued functions on $G$, with convolution and involution "twisted" by $sigma$. We also introduce a "discretised" analogue of a twist $Sigma$ over a Hausdorff 'etale groupoid $G$, and we show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between locally constant $2$-cocycles on $G$ and discrete twists over $G$ admitting a continuous global section. Given a discrete twist $Sigma$ arising from a locally constant $2$-cocycle $sigma$ on an ample Hausdorff groupoid $G$, we construct an associated twisted Steinberg algebra $A_R(G;Sigma)$, and we show that it coincides with $A_R(G,sigm{a}^{-1})$. Given any discrete field $mathbb{F}_d$, we prove a graded uniqueness theorem for $A_{mathbb{F}_d}(G,sigma)$, and under the additional hypothesis that $G$ is effective, we prove a Cuntz--Krieger uniqueness theorem and show that simplicity of $A_{mathbb{F}_d}(G,sigma)$ is equivalent to minimality of $G$.

Review text

\textit{J. Renault} [A groupoid approach to C*-algebras. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag (1980; Zbl 0433.46049)] introduced the notion of groupoid \(C^*\)-algebra associated to a (topological) groupoid, which has been a central topic in the area since then. Particularly, he introduced twists on groupoid \(C^*\)-algebras, a construction that revealed to be relevant in connection with the UCT problem for \(C^*\)-algebras, among others (see, e.g., [\textit{J. Renault}, Ir. Math. Soc. Bull. 61, 29--63 (2008; Zbl 1175.46050); \textit{J.-L. Tu}, \(K\)-Theory 17, No. 3, 215--264 (1999; Zbl 0939.19001); \textit{S. Barlak} and \textit{X. Li}, Adv. Math. 316, 748--769 (2017; Zbl 1382.46048)]). From the purely algebraic point of view a large amount of work was done, related to \underline{group} algebras; this includes the case of twisted group rings (see Passman's monograph ``The algebraic structure of group rings for a thorough account on this topic). But pure algebraic versions of \underline{groupoid} \(C^*\)-algebras do not appear until 2010. To be concrete, Steinberg algebras, as pure algebraic siblings of groupoid \(C^*\)-algebras, were introduced independently in [\textit{B. Steinberg}, Adv. Math. 223, No. 2, 689--727 (2010; Zbl 1188.22003)] and [\textit{L. O. Clark} et al., Semigroup Forum 89, No. 3, 501--517 (2014; Zbl 1323.46033)], and quickly became a topic of interest for the possibility of connecting algebraic and analytic properties of algebras under the same umbrella. In the paper under review, the authors initiate the study of twisted Steinberg algebras, aiming to complete the map of connections between algebraic and analytic properties, initiated with Steinberg algebras, in a broader context. One of the main points of their approach is to be inspired by the analytic construction, so that they construct a theory somehow parallel to that of twisted groupoid \(C^*\)-algebras; this is reflected in some technical decisions they take, which clearly enriches the final product. In this sense, they make a double approach: on one side, they look at the ``classical 2-cocycle approach [\textit{J. Renault}, A groupoid approach to C*-algebras. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag (1980; Zbl 0433.46049)], which is the one appearing in the purely algebraic approach (see, e.g., Chapter 1 in Passman's monograph); on the other side, they recover the notion of twisted groupoid [\textit{A. Kumjian}, Can. J. Math. 38, 969--1008 (1986; Zbl 0627.46071)], which allows to extend the construction to broader contexts. Most of the effort in this paper is devoted to fix precise definitions of the Steinberg algebras associated to both models of twisting, which implies carefully working out some essential subtleties; they do this in Sections 3 and 4. Particularly, at the end of Section 4, they state the connection between both notions for twisted groupoids with global sections; also, they establish the connection with groupoid cohomology. They present various classes of relevant examples in Section 5. In Section 6, they characterize simplicity for twisted Steinberg algebras over fields, which requires to state a Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorem. Finally, in Section 7, they fix a natural graded structure of twisted Steinberg algebras, and a graded uniqueness theorem which could allow to deal with the ideal structure of these algebras.

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