Boundaries of reduced C^-algebras of discrete groups

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2014-0111zbMATH Open1371.46044arXiv1405.4359OpenAlexW2963883323MaRDI QIDQ2397741FDOQ2397741

Matthew Kennedy, Mehrdad Kalantar

Publication date: 23 May 2017

Published in: Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a discrete group G, we consider the minimal C*-subalgebra of $el{l}^{i}nfty(G)$ that arises as the image of a unital positive G-equivariant projection. This algebra always exists and is unique up to isomorphism. It is trivial if and only if G is amenable. We prove that, more generally, it can be identified with the algebra $C(partia{l}_{F}G)$ of continuous functions on Furstenberg's universal G-boundary $partia{l}_{F}G$. This operator-algebraic construction of the Furstenberg boundary has a number of interesting consequences. We prove that G is exact precisely when the G-action on $partia{l}_{F}G$ is amenable, and use this fact to prove Ozawa's conjecture that if G is exact, then there is an embedding of the reduced C*-algebra $mathrm{C}_r^{*}(G)$ of G into a nuclear C*-algebra which is contained in the injective envelope of $mathrm{C}_r^{*}(G)$. It is a longstanding open problem to determine which groups are C*-simple, in the sense that the algebra $mathrm{C}_r^{*}(G)$ is simple. We prove that this problem can be reformulated as a problem about the structure of the G-action on the Furstenberg boundary. Specifically, we prove that a discrete group G is C*-simple if and only if the G-action on the Furstenberg boundary is topologically free. We apply this result to prove that Tarski monster groups are C*-simple. This provides another solution to a problem of de la Harpe (recently answered by Olshanskii and Osin) about the existence of C*-simple groups with no free subgroups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4359

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zbMATH Keywords

Furstenberg boundaryexact \(C^*\)-algebrareduced \(C^*\)-algebradiscrete exact groupequivariant injective envelopes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) (C^*)-algebras and (W^*)-algebras in relation to group representations (22D25) Special aspects of infinite or finite groups (20F99)

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