K-theory of Furstenberg transformation group C^-algebras

DOI10.4153/CJM-2013-022-XzbMATH Open1282.46065arXiv1109.4473OpenAlexW2954510093MaRDI QIDQ2862944FDOQ2862944

Authors: Kamran Reihani 

Publication date: 20 November 2013

Published in: Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper studies the $K$-theoretic invariants of the crossed product $C^{*}$-algebras associated with an important family of homeomorphisms of the tori $Bbb{T}^n$ called {em Furstenberg transformations}. Using the Pimsner-Voiculescu theorem, we prove that given $n$, the $K$-groups of those crossed products, whose corresponding $nimesn$ integer matrices are unipotent of maximal degree, always have the same rank $a_n$. We show using the theory developed here, together with two computing programs - included in an appendix - that a claim made in the literature about the torsion subgroups of these $K$-groups is false. Using the representation theory of the simple Lie algebra $fraksl(2,BbbC)$, we show that, remarkably, $a_n$ has a combinatorial significance. For example, every $a_{2n+1}$ is just the number of ways that 0 can be represented as a sum of integers between $-n$ and $n$ (with no repetitions). By adapting an argument of van Lint (in which he answered a question of Erd"os), a simple, explicit formula for the asymptotic behavior of the sequence $a_n$ is given. Finally, we describe the order structure of the K_{0}-groups of an important class of Furstenberg crossed products, obtaining their complete Elliott invariant using classification results of H. Lin and N. C. Phillips.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4473

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zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theoryminimal homeomorphismpositive coneAnzai transformationFurstenberg transformationtransformation group \(C^{\ast}\)-algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Asymptotic enumeration (05A16) Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Dynamical systems involving transformations and group actions with special properties (minimality, distality, proximality, expansivity, etc.) (37B05) (K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) Classifications of (C^*)-algebras (46L35) (K_0) as an ordered group, traces (19K14)

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