Just-infinite C^-algebras

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DOI10.4171/CMH/432zbMATH Open1396.46044arXiv1604.08774OpenAlexW2962852242MaRDI QIDQ2412933FDOQ2412933

R. I. Grigorchuk, Magdalena Musat, Mikael Rรธrdam

Publication date: 6 April 2018

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By analogy with the well-established notions of just-infinite groups and just-infinite (abstract) algebras, we initiate a systematic study of just-infinite C*-algebras, i.e., infinite dimensional C*-algebras for which all proper quotients are finite dimensional. We give a classification of such C*-algebras in terms of their primitive ideal space that leads to a trichotomy. We show that just-infinite, residually finite dimensional C*-algebras do exist by giving an explicit example of (the Bratteli diagram of) an AF-algebra with these properties. Further, we discuss when C*-algebras and *-algebras associated with a discrete group are just-infinite. If G is the Burnside-type group of intermediate growth discovered by the first named author, which is known to be just-infinite, then its group algebra C[G] and its group C*-algebra C*(G) are not just-infinite. Furthermore, we show that the algebra B=pi(C[G]) under the Koopman representation pi of G associated with its canonical action on a binary rooted tree is just-infinite. It remains an open problem whether the residually finite dimensional C*-algebra Cp*i(G) is just-infinite.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.08774






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