Self-similar graphs, a unified treatment of Katsura and Nekrashevych C-algebras

Given a graph E, an action of a group G on E, and a G-valued cocycle φ on the edges of E, we define a C*-algebra denoted OG,E, which is shown to be isomorphic to the tight C*-algebra associated to a certain inverse semigroup SG,E built naturally from the triple (G,E,φ). As a tight C*-algebra, OG,E i...

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Published in:Advances in mathematics (New York. 1965) 2017-01, Vol.306, p.1046-1129
Main Authors: Exel, Ruy, Pardo, Enrique
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Groupoid
Groupoid C-algebra
Inverse semigroup
Katsura algebra
Kirchberg algebra
Nekrashevych algebra
Tight representation
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Summary:Given a graph E, an action of a group G on E, and a G-valued cocycle φ on the edges of E, we define a C*-algebra denoted OG,E, which is shown to be isomorphic to the tight C*-algebra associated to a certain inverse semigroup SG,E built naturally from the triple (G,E,φ). As a tight C*-algebra, OG,E is also isomorphic to the full C*-algebra of a naturally occurring groupoid Gtight(SG,E). We then study the relationship between properties of the action, of the groupoid and of the C*-algebra, with an emphasis on situations in which OG,E is a Kirchberg algebra. Our main applications are to Katsura algebras and to certain algebras constructed by Nekrashevych from self-similar groups. These two classes of C*-algebras are shown to be special cases of our OG,E, and many of their known properties are shown to follow from our general theory.
ISSN:0001-8708
1090-2082
DOI:10.1016/j.aim.2016.10.030