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Andrew McKee

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arXiv2024

Banach algebras associated to twisted \'{e}tale groupoids: simplicity and pure infiniteness

We define reduced and essential Banach algebras associated to a twisted \'{e}tale (not necessarily Hausdorff) groupoid $(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{L})$ and extend some fundamental results from $C^*$-algebras to this context. We prove that for topologically free groupoids the associated essential Banach algebras have the ideal interesection property, and thus such an algebra is simple if and only if the groupoid is minimal. We give conditions under which reduced algebras are essential (for example Hausdorffness of $\mathcal{G}$ is sufficient). This in particular solves the simplicity problem posed recently by Gardella-Lupini for $L^p$-operator algebras associated to $\mathcal{G}$. In addition, using either the $n$-filling or locally contracting condition we give pure infiniteness criteria for essential simple Banach algebras associated to $(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{L})$. This extends the corresponding $C^*$-algebraic results that were previously known to hold in the untwisted Hausdorff case. The results work nicely, and allow for characterisation of the generalized intersection property, in the realm of $L^P$-operator algebras where $P \subseteq [1,\infty]$ is a non-empty set of parameters. Such algebras cover in particular $L^p$-operator algebras, for $p\in [1,\infty]$, and their Banach $*$-algebra versions. We apply our results to Banach algebra crossed products by twisted partial group actions, Roe-type Banach algebras with coefficients in finite-rank operators on a Banach space, twisted tight $L^P$-operator algebras of inverse semigroups, graph $L^P$-operator algebras, and algebras associated to self-similar group actions on graphs. We also interpret our results in terms of twisted inverse semigroup actions and their crossed products.

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arXiv2024

Fourier--Stieltjes category for twisted groupoid actions

We extend the theory of Fourier--Stieltjes algebras to the category of twisted actions by \'etale groupoids on arbitrary C*-bundles, generalizing theories constructed previously by B\'{e}dos and Conti for twisted group actions on unital C*-algebras, and by Renault and others for groupoid C*-algebras, in each case motivated by the classical theory of Fourier--Stieltjes algebras of discrete groups. To this end we develop a toolbox including, among other things, a theory of multiplier C*-correspondences, multiplier C*-correspondence bundles, Busby--Smith twisted groupoid actions, and the associated crossed products, equivariant representations and Fell's absorption theorems. For a fixed \'etale groupoid $G$ a Fourier--Stieltjes multiplier is a family of maps acting on fibers, arising from an equivariant representation. It corresponds to a certain fiber-preserving strict completely bounded map between twisted full (or reduced) crossed products. We establish a KSGNS-type dilation result which shows that the correspondence above restricts to a bijection between positive-definite multipliers and a particular class of completely positive maps. Further we introduce a subclass of Fourier multipliers, that enjoys a natural absorption property with respect to Fourier--Stieltjes multipliers and gives rise to `reduced to full' multiplier maps on crossed products. Finally we provide several applications of the theory developed, for example to the approximation properties, such as weak containment or nuclearity, of the crossed products and actions in question, and discuss outstanding open problems.

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arXiv2023

Banach algebras associated to twisted \'etale groupoids: inverse semigroup disintegration and representations on $L^p$-spaces

We introduce Banach algebras associated to twisted \'etale groupoids $(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{L})$ and to twisted inverse semigroup actions. This provides a unifying framework for numerous recent papers on $L^p$-operator algebras and the theory of groupoid $C^*$-algebras. We prove disintegrations theorems that allow to study Banach algebras associated to $(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{L})$ as universal Banach algebras generated by $C_0(X)$ and a twisted inverse semigroup $S$ of partial isometries subject to some relations. They work best when the target of a representation is a dual Banach algebra. For representations on dual Banach spaces, they allow to extend representations to twisted Borel convolution algebras, which is crucial when the groupoid is non-Hausdorff. We establish fundamental norm estimates and hierarchy for full and reduced $L^p$-operator algebras for $(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{L})$ and $p \in [1,\infty]$, whose special cases have been studied recently by Gardella-Lupini, Choi-Gardella-Thiel and Hetland-Ortega. We show that in the constructions of $L^p$-analogues of Cuntz or graph algebras, by Phillips and Corti\~{n}as-Rodr\'{\i}guez, the use of spatial partial isometries is not an assumption, in fact it is forced by the relations. We also introduce tight inverse semigroup Banach algebras that cover ample groupoid Banach algebras, and discuss Banach algebras associated to directed graphs. Our results cover non-Hausdorff \'{e}tale groupoids and both real and complex algebras. Some of the results are new already for complex $C^*$-algebras.

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arXiv2021

Amenable and inner amenable actions and approximation properties for crossed products by locally compact groups

Amenable actions of locally compact groups on von Neumann algebras are investigated by exploiting the natural module structure of the crossed product over the Fourier algebra of the acting group. The resulting characterisation of injectivity for crossed products generalises a result of Anantharaman-Delaroche on discrete groups. Amenable actions of locally compact groups on $C^*$-algebras are investigated in the same way, and amenability of the action is related to nuclearity of the corresponding crossed product. A survey is given to show that this notion of amenable action for $C^*$-algebras satisfies a number of expected properties. A notion of inner amenability for actions of locally compact groups is introduced, and a number of applications are given in the form of averaging arguments, relating approximation properties of crossed product von Neumann algebras to properties of the components of the underlying $w^*$-dynamical system. We use these results to answer a recent question of Buss-Echterhoff-Willett.

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arXiv2021

Central and convolution Herz-Schur multipliers

We obtain descriptions of central operator-valued Schur and Herz-Schur multipliers, akin to a classical characterisation due to Grothendieck, that reveals a close link between central (linear) multipliers and bilinear multipliers into the trace class. Restricting to dynamical systems where a locally compact group acts on itself by translation, we identify their convolution multipliers as the right completely bounded multipliers, in the sense of Junge-Neufang-Ruan, of a canonical quantum group associated with the underlying group. We provide characterisations of contractive idempotent operator-valued Schur and Herz-Schur multipliers. Exploiting the link between Herz-Schur multipliers and multipliers on transformation groupoids, we provide a combinatorial characterisation of groupoid multipliers that are contractive and idempotent.

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arXiv2020

Exactness and SOAP of Crossed Products via Herz--Schur multipliers

Given a $C^*$-dynamical system $(A,G,α)$, with $G$ a discrete group, Schur $A$-multipliers and Herz--Schur $(A,G,α)$-multipliers are used to implement approximation properties, namely exactness and the strong operator approximation property (SOAP), of $A \rtimes_{α, r} G$. The resulting characterisations of exactness and SOAP of $A \rtimes_{α, r} G$ generalise the corresponding statements for the reduced group $C^*$-algebra.

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arXiv2020

Weak amenability for dynamical systems

Using the recently developed notion of a Herz--Schur multiplier of a C*-dynamical system we introduce weak amenability of C*- and W*-dynamical systems. As a special case we recover Haagerup's characterisation of weak amenability of a discrete group. We also consider a generalisation of the Fourier algebra to crossed products and study its multipliers.

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arXiv2019

Multipliers and Duality for Group Actions

We define operator-valued Schur and Herz--Schur multipliers in terms of module actions, and show that the standard properties of these multipliers follow from well-known facts about these module actions and duality theory for group actions. These results are applied to study the Herz--Schur multipliers of an abelian group acting on its Pontryagin dual: it is shown that a natural subset of these Herz--Schur multipliers can be identified with the classical Herz--Schur multipliers of the direct product of the group with its dual group.

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arXiv2017

Positive Herz-Schur multipliers and approximation properties of crossed products

For a $C^*$-algebra $A$ and a set $X$ we give a Stinespring-type characterisation of the completely positive Schur $A$-multipliers on $K(\ell^2(X))\otimes A$. We then relate them to completely positive Herz-Schur multipliers on $C^*$-algebraic crossed products of the form $A\rtimes_{α,r} G$, with $G$ a discrete group, whose various versions were considered earlier by Anantharaman-Delaroche, Bédos and Conti, and Dong and Ruan. The latter maps are shown to implement approximation properties, such as nuclearity or the Haagerup property, for $A\rtimes_{α,r} G$.

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