On generalized universal irrational rotation algebras and the operator u+v

Publication date: 17 October 2012

Abstract: We introduce a class of generalized universal irrational rotation

C^{*}

-algebras

A_{h e t a, g a m m a} = C^{*} (x, w)

which is characterized by the relations

w^{*} w = w w^{*} = 1

,

x^{*} x = g a m m a (w)

,

x x^{*} = g a m m a (e^{- 2 p i i h e t a} w)

, and

x w = e^{- 2 p i i h e t a} w x

, where

h e t a

is an irrational number and

g a m m a (z) i n C (m a t h b b T)

is a positive function. We characterize tracial linear functionals, simplicity, and

K

-groups of

A_{h e t a, g a m m a}

in terms of zero points of

g a m m a (z)

. We show that if

A_{h e t a, g a m m a}

is simple then

A_{h e t a, g a m m a}

is an

A m a t h b b T

-algebra of real rank zero. We classify

A_{h e t a, g a m m a}

in terms of

h e t a

and zero points of

g a m m a (z)

. Let

A_{h} e t a = C^{*} (u, v)

be the universal irrational rotation

C^{*}

-algebra with

v u = e^{2 p i i h e t a} u v

. Then

C^{*} (u + v) c o n g A_{h e t a, | 1 + z |^{2}}

. As an application, we show that

C^{*} (u + v)

is a proper simple

C^{*}

-subalgebra of

A_{h} e t a

which has a unique trace,

K_{1} (C^{*} (u + v)) c o n g m a t h b b Z

, and there is an order isomorphism of

K_{0} (C^{*} (u + v))

onto

m a t h b b Z + m a t h b b Z h e t a

. {Moreover,

C^{*} (u + v)

is a unital simple

A m a t h b b T

-algebra of real rank zero.} We also calculate the spectrum and the Brown measure of

u + v

.

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