Ranks of operators in simple C^*-algebras

Abstract: Let A be a unital simple separable C*-algebra with strict comparison of positive elements. We prove that the Cuntz semigroup of A is recovered functorially from the Murray-von Neumann semigroup and the tracial state space T(A) whenever the extreme boundary of T(A) is compact and of finite covering dimension. Combined with a result of Winter, we obtain Z otimes A isomorphic to A whenever A moreover has locally finite decomposition rank. As a corollary, we confirm Elliott's classification conjecture under reasonably general hypotheses which, notably, do not require any inductive limit structure. These results all stem from our investigation of a basic question: what are the possible ranks of operators in a unital simple C*-algebra?

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Let $A$ be a unital $C^*$-algebra and $\tau: A \to \mathbb{C}$ be a tracial state. The rank of a positive element $a \in A$ with respect to $\tau$ is defined to be $d_\tau(a)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\tau(a^{1/n})$. The rank function $\iota(a)$ of $a$ is a map from the tracial state space $T(A)$ to $\mathbb{R}^+$ defined by $\iota(a)(\tau)=d_\tau(a)$. In the paper under review, the authors investigate the interesting problem ``what are the possible ranks of operators in a unital simple $C^*$-algebra? They prove that if $A$ is a unital simple separable infinite-dimensional $C^*$-algebra with nonempty tracial state space $T(A)$, the extreme boundary of $T(A)$ is compact and of finite covering dimension and $A$ has strict comparison of positive elements, then the range of $\iota$ is equal to the set of extended real-valued functions which can be obtained as the pointwise supremum of an increasing sequence from the set of bounded, strictly positive, lower semicontinuous and affine functions on $T(A)$. Combined with a result of Winter, they obtain $\mathcal{Z}\oplus A \cong A$, whenever $A$ moreover has locally finite decomposition rank. Here $\mathcal{Z}$ is the Jiang-Su algebra.

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