Classification of uniform Roe algebras of locally finite groups

DOI10.7900/JOT.2017MAY23.2163zbMATH Open1465.46061arXiv1705.03716OpenAlexW2963284185WikidataQ129359826 ScholiaQ129359826MaRDI QIDQ4685142FDOQ4685142

Authors: Kang Li, Hung-Chang Liao 

Publication date: 5 October 2018

Published in: Journal of Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the uniform Roe algebras associated to locally finite groups. We show that for two countable locally finite groups $Gamma$ and $Lambda$, the associated uniform Roe algebras $C_u^{*}(Gamma)$ and $C_u^{*}(Lambda)$ are $*$-isomorphic if and only if their $K_0$ groups are isomorphic as ordered abelian groups with units. This can be seen as a non-separable non-simple analogue of the Glimm-Elliott classification of UHF algebras. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first classification result for a class of non-separable unital $C^{*}$-algebras. Along the way we also obtain a rigidity result: two countable locally finite groups are bijectively coarsely equivalent if and only if the associated uniform Roe algebras are $*$-isomorphic. Finally, we give a summary of $C^{*}$-algebraic characterizations for (not necessarily countable) locally finite discrete groups in terms of their uniform Roe algebras. In particular, we show that a discrete group $Gamma$ is locally finite if and only if the associated uniform Roe algebra $el{l}^{i}nfty(Gamma)time{s}_{r}Gamma$ is locally finite-dimensional.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.03716

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zbMATH Keywords

coarse geometryuniform Roe algebrasclassification of \(C^*\)-algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Classifications of (C^*)-algebras (46L35) Lipschitz and coarse geometry of metric spaces (51F30)

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