Using the Steinberg algebra model to determine the center of any Leavitt path algebra

DOI10.1007/S11856-018-1816-8MaRDI QIDQ2631878zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lisa Orloff Clark, Dolores Martín Barquero, Mercedes Siles Molina, Candido Martín González

Publication date 16 May 2019

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01079

zbMATH Keywords

centergroupoidLeavitt path algebraSteinberg algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Leavitt path algebras (16S88) General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05)

Abstract: Given an arbitrary graph, we describe the center of its Leavitt path algebra over a commutative unital ring. Our proof uses the Steinberg algebra model of the Leavitt path algebra. A key ingredient is a characterization of compact open invariant subsets of the unit space of the graph groupoid in terms of the underlying graph: an open invariant subset is compact if and only if its associated hereditary and saturated set of vertices satisfies Condition (F). We also give a basis of the center. Its cardinality depends on the number of minimal compact open invariant subsets of the unit space.

Review text

The authors compute the center of any Leavitt path algebra \(L_R(E)\) of a directed graph \(E\) over a commutative unital ring \(R\). This result generalizes various results in the literature dealing with the computation of the center of a Leavitt path algebra, where the graph or/and the ground ring \(R\) are assumed to satisfy additional conditions. \par The authors use the fact that the Leavitt path algebra \(L_R(E)\) is isomorphic to the Steinberg algebras \(A_R(\mathcal G_E)\) of certain ample Hausdorff groupoid \(\mathcal G_E\), called the graph groupoid of \(E\). Combining this with a result of Steinberg which describes the center of a Steinberg algebra \(A_R(\mathcal G)\) as the set of all class functions in \(A_R(\mathcal G_E)\), the authors are able to provide an explicit description of the center of \(L_R(E)\) in terms of concrete sets of vertices and paths in the graph. \par Moreover, they show that the center of a Leavitt path algebra \(L_R(E)\) is a graded ring, and describe its graded ring structure, showing that it is graded-isomorphic to a direct sum of copies of \(R\), in degree \(0\), and of copies of \(R[x,x^{-1}]\), with its usual grading.

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