Spectrum and analytical indices of the C^*-algebra of Wiener--Hopf operators

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2007.03.009MaRDI QIDQ996253zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Alldridge, Troels Rousseau Johansen

Publication date 13 September 2007

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611196

analytical index solvable \(C^*\)-algebra Wiener-Hopf operator

(K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) (Semi-) Fredholm operators; index theories (47A53) Toeplitz operators, Hankel operators, Wiener-Hopf operators (47B35) Algebras of specific types of operators (Toeplitz, integral, pseudodifferential, etc.) (47L80)

Abstract: We study multivariate generalisations of the classical Wiener--Hopf algebra, which is the C

^{*}

-algebra generated by the Wiener--Hopf operators, given by the convolutions restricted to convex cones. By the work of Muhly and Renault, this C

^{*}

-algebra is known to be isomorphic to the reduced C

^{*}

-algebra of a certain restricted action groupoid, given by the action of Euclidean space on a certain compactification. Using groupoid methods, we construct composition series for the Wiener--Hopf C

^{*}

-algebra by a detailed study of this compactification. We compute the spectrum, and express homomorphisms in

K

-theory induced by the symbol maps which arise by the subquotients of the composition series in analytical terms. Namely, these symbols maps turn out to be given by an analytical family index of a continuous family of Fredholm operators. In a subsequent paper, we also obtain a topological expression of these indices.

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The authors consider generalized Wiener--Hopf operators associated with a finite-dimensional Euclidean space \(X\) and a closed, pointed and solid cone \(\Omega\subset X\). For \(f\in L^1(X)\), the operator \(W_f\) is defined on \(L^2(\Omega)\) by \[ (W_f u)(x)=\int_\Omega f(x-y)u(y)\,dy, \quad u\in L^2(\Omega),\quad x\in\Omega. \] The authors study the \(C^*\)-algebra \(W(\Omega)\) generated by such operators \(W_f\) and, in particular, the following problems: (i) determine a composition series of \(W(\Omega)\) and compute its subquotients; (ii) find Fredholmness criteria for Wiener--Hopf operators; (iii) obtain an index formula.

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