The Rohlin property for shifts of finite type

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Abstract: We show that an automorphism of a unital AF C*-algebra with the approximate Rohlin property has the Rohlin property. This generalizes a result of Kishimoto. Using this we show that the shift automorphism on the bilateral C*-algebra associated with an aperiodic irreducible shift of finite type has the Rohlin property.


The noncommutative version of the classical Rohlin property in ergodic theory plays an important role in the classification of \(C^*\)-algebras. This article discusses and clarifies briefly some of the quite technical definitions in the literature. It is then proved that, for unital AF-algebras, the approximate Rohlin property implies the Rohlin property. This result has previously been shown by \textit{A.~Kishimoto} under some further \(K\)-theoretical assumptions [J.\ Reine Angew.\ Math.\ 465, 183--196 (1995; Zbl 0824.46070)]. Generalisations of this result for non-AF algebras are also briefly discussed. As an application, it is proved that the shift automorphism on the bilateral AF-algebra associated to an aperiodic irreducible subshift of finite type has the Rohlin property.











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