Nonsimplicity of certain universal C^-algebras

DOI10.1215/20088752-3802751zbMATH Open1371.46045arXiv1604.04524OpenAlexW2339301731MaRDI QIDQ516338FDOQ516338

Authors: Rachid El Harti, Paulo R. Pinto, Marcel de Jeu 

Publication date: 14 March 2017

Published in: Annals of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given $ngeq2$, $z_{ij}inmathbbT$ such that $z_{ij}=overline{z}_{ji}$ for $1leqi,jleqn$ and $z_{ii}=1$ for $1leqileqn$, and integers $p_1,\mathrm{...},p_{n}geq1$, we show that the universal $mathrm{C}^{*}$-algebra generated by unitaries $u_1,\mathrm{...},u_n$ such that $u_i^{p_i}{u}_j^{p_j}=z_{ij}{u}_j^{p_j}{u}_i^{p_i}$ for $1leqi,jleqn$ is not simple if at least one exponent $p_i$ is at least two. We indicate how the method of proof by `working with various quotients' can be used to establish nonsimplicity of universal $mathrm{C}^{*}$-algebras in other cases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.04524

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zbMATH Keywords

nonsimplicityuniversal \(C^{\ast}\)-algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05)

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