Characterizing groupoid C*-algebras of non-Hausdorff \'etale groupoids

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-05513-3MaRDI QIDQ6313166arXivFDO

Authors Ruy Exel, David R. Pitts

Publication date 28 January 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Topological groupoids (including differentiable and Lie groupoids) (22A22) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to functional analysis (46-02)

Abstract: Given a not-necessarily Hausdorff, topologically free, twisted 'etale groupoid $(G,L)$, we consider its "essential groupoid C*-algebra", denoted $C_{ess}^{\ast }(G,L)$, obtained by completing $C_c(G,L)$ with the smallest among all C*-seminorms coinciding with the uniform norm on $C_c(G^0)$. The inclusion of C*-algebras $(C_0(G^0),C_{ess}^{\ast }(G,L))$ is then proven to satisfy a list of properties characterizing it as what we call a "weak Cartan inclusion". We then prove that every weak Cartan inclusion $(A,B)$, with $B$ separable, is modeled by a topologically free, twisted 'etale groupoid, as above. In our second main result we give a necessary and sufficient condition for an inclusion of C*-algebras $(A,B)$ to be modeled by a twisted 'etale groupoid based on the notion of "canonical states". A simplicity criterion for $C_{ess}^{\ast }(G,L)$ is proven and many examples are provided.

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