MF traces and the Cuntz semigroup

MaRDI QIDQ6286833zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Christopher P. Schafhauser

Publication date 18 May 2017

Abstract: A trace $au$ on a separable C*-algebra $A$ is called matricial field (MF) if there is a trace-preserving morphism from $A$ to $Q_{o}mega$, where $Q_{o}mega$ denotes the norm ultrapower of the universal UHF-algebra $Q$. In general, the trace $au$ induces a state on the Cuntz semigroup $Cu(A)$. We show there is always a state-preserving morphism from $Cu(A)$ to $Cu(Q_{o}mega)$. As an application, if $A$ is an AI-algebra and $F$ is a free group acting on $A$, then every trace on the reduced crossed product $AtimesF$ is MF. This further implies the same result when $A$ is an AH-algebra with the ideal property such that $K_1(A)$ is a torsion group. We also use this to characterize when $AtimesF$ is MF (i.e. admits an isometric morphism into $Q_{o}mega$) for many simple, nuclear C*-algebras $A$.

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