C^*-algebras generated by projective representations of free nilpotent groups

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$C^*$-algebras generated by projective representations of free nilpotent groups




Abstract: We compute the two-cocycles (or multipliers) of the free nilpotent groups of class 2 and rank n and give conditions for simplicity of the corresponding twisted group C-algebras. These groups are representation groups for mathbbZn and can be considered as a family of generalized Heisenberg groups with higher-dimensional center. Their group C-algebras are in a natural way isomorphic to continuous fields over mathbbTfrac12n(n1) with the noncommutative n-tori as fibers. In this way, the twisted group C-algebras associated with the free nilpotent groups of class 2 and rank n may be thought of as "second order" noncommutative n-tori.











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