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Enrique Pardo

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arXiv2025

An overview on self-similar graphs, their generalizations, and their associated algebras

These notes were originally intended to be complementary material for an introductory course on self-similar graphs and their algebras, presented by the author at the CIMPA School ``K-theory and Operator Algebras'', held in La Plata and Buenos Aires (Argentina) from 28 July to 8 August 2025. In these notes, we introduce the concept of self-similar graph, associated with groups acting on graphs. We define the corresponding $C^*$-algebra using different complementary approaches, to understand its basic properties. We also analyze various generalizations that appear in the literature and, in particular, review the relationship of this construction with Zappa-Sz\'ep products. Finally, we present very recent results on homology and $K$-theory for these algebras.

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arXiv2024

Regular Ring Properties Degraded Through Inverse Limits

We give a number of constructions where inverse limits seriously degrade properties of regular rings, such as unit-regularity, diagonalisation of matrices, and finite stable rank. This raises the possibility of using inverse limits to answer the long standing Separativity Problem (in the negative).

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arXiv2024

Levels of cancellation for monoids and modules

Levels of cancellativity in commutative monoids $M$, determined by stable rank values in $\mathbb{Z}_{> 0} \cup \{\infty\}$ for elements of $M$, are investigated. The behavior of the stable ranks of multiples $ka$, for $k \in \mathbb{Z}_{> 0}$ and $a \in M$, is determined. In the case of a refinement monoid $M$, the possible stable rank values in archimedean components of $M$ are pinned down. Finally, stable rank in monoids built from isomorphism or other equivalence classes of modules over a ring is discussed.

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arXiv2024

The separativity problem in terms of varieties and diagonal reduction

We provide two new formulations of the separativity problem. First, it is known that separativity (and strong separativity) in von Neumann regular (and exchange) rings is tightly connected to unit-regularity of certain kinds of elements. By refining this information, we characterize separative regular rings in terms of a special type of inner inverse operation, which is defined via a single identity. This shows that the separative regular rings form a subvariety of the regular rings. The separativity problem reduces to the question of whether every element of the form $(1-aa')bac(1-a'a)$ in a regular ring is unit-regular, where $a'$ is an inner inverse for $a$. Second, it is known that separativity in exchange rings is equivalent to regular matrices over corner rings being reducible to diagonal matrices via elementary row and column operations. We show that for $2\times 2$ invertible matrices, four elementary operations are sufficient, and in general also necessary. Dropping the invertibility hypothesis, but specializing to separative regular rings, we show that three elementary row operations together with three elementary column operations are sufficient, and again in general also necessary. The separativity problem can subsequently be reframed in terms of the explicit number of operations needed to diagonally reduce.

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arXiv2021

Zappa-Szép products for partial actions of groupoids on Left Cancellative Small Categories

We study groupoid actions on left cancellative small categories and their associated Zappa-Szép products. We show that certain left cancellative small categories with nice length functions can be seen as Zappa-Szép products. We compute the associated tight groupoids, characterizing important properties of them, like being Hausdorff, effective and minimal. Finally, we determine amenability of the tight groupoid under mild, reasonable hypotheses.

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arXiv2020

The Realization Problem for Finitely Generated Refinement Monoids

We show that every finitely generated conical refinement monoid can be represented as the monoid $\mathcal V(R)$ of isomorphism classes of finitely generated projective modules over a von Neumann regular ring $R$. To this end, we use the representation of these monoids provided by adaptable separated graphs. Given an adaptable separated graph $(E, C)$ and a field $K$, we build a von Neumann regular $K$-algebra $Q_K (E, C)$ and show that there is a natural isomorphism between the separated graph monoid $M(E, C)$ and the monoid $\mathcal V(Q_K (E, C))$.

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arXiv2020

The groupoids of adaptable separated graphs and their type semigroup

Given an adaptable separated graph, we construct an associated groupoid and explore its type semigroup. Specifically, we first attach to each adaptable separated graph a corresponding semigroup, which we prove is an $E^*$-unitary inverse semigroup. As a consequence, the tight groupoid of this semigroup is a Hausdorff étale groupoid. We show that this groupoid is always amenable, and that the type semigroups of groupoids obtained from adaptable separated graphs in this way include all finitely generated conical refinement monoids. The first three named authors will utilize this construction in forthcoming work to solve the Realization Problem for von Neumann regular rings, in the finitely generated case.

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arXiv2019

The tight groupoid of the inverse semigroups of left cancellative small categories

We fix a path model for the space of filters of the inverse semigroup $\mathcal{S}_Λ$ associated to a left cancellative small category $Λ$. Then, we compute its tight groupoid, thus giving a representation of its $C^*$-algebra as a (full) groupoid algebra. Using it, we characterize when these algebras are simple. Also, we determine amenability of the tight groupoid under mild, reasonable hypotheses.

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arXiv2019

Simplicity of algebras associated to non-Hausdorff groupoids

We prove a uniqueness theorem and give a characterization of simplicity for Steinberg algebras associated to non-Hausdorff ample groupoids. We also prove a uniqueness theorem and give a characterization of simplicity for the C*-algebra associated to non-Hausdorff étale groupoids. Then we show how our results apply in the setting of tight representations of inverse semigroups, groups acting on graphs, and self-similar actions. In particular, we show that C*-algebra and the complex Steinberg algebra of the self-similar action of the Grigorchuk group are simple but the Steinberg algebra with coefficients in $\mathbb{Z}_2$ is not simple.

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arXiv2018

$C^*$-algebras of self-similar graphs over arbitrary graphs

In this note we extend the construction of a $C^*$-algebra associated to a self-similar graph to the case of arbitrary countable graphs. We reduce the problem to the row-finite case with no sources, by using a desingularization process. Finally, we characterize simplicity in this case.

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arXiv2016

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 ${\cal O}_{G,E}$, which is shown to be isomorphic to the tight C*-algebra associated to a certain inverse semigroup $S_{G,E}$ built naturally from the triple $(G,E,ϕ)$. As a tight C*-algebra, ${\cal O}_{G,E}$ is also isomorphic to the full C*-algebra of a naturally occurring groupoid ${\cal G}_{tight}(S_{G,E})$. 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 ${\cal O}_{G,E}$ 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 ${\cal O}_{G,E}$, and many of their known properties are shown to follow from our general theory.

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arXiv2016

A Generalised uniqueness theorem and the graded ideal structure of Steinberg algebras

Given an ample, Hausdorff groupoid $\mathcal{G}$, and a unital commutative ring $R$, we consider the Steinberg algebra $A_R(\mathcal {G})$. First we prove a uniqueness theorem for this algebra and then, when $\mathcal{G}$ is graded by a cocycle, we study graded ideals in $A_R(\mathcal {G})$. Applications are given for two classes of ample groupoids, namely those coming from actions of groups on graphs, and also to groupoids defined in terms of Boolean dynamical systems.

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arXiv2016

$C^*$-algebras associated to Boolean dynamical systems

The goal of these notes is to present the C*-algebra $C^*(B,L,θ)$ of a Boolean dynamical system $(B,L,θ)$, that generalizes the $C^*$-algebra associated to Labelled graphs introduced by Bates and Pask, and to determine its simplicity, its gauge invariant ideals, as well as compute its K-Theory

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arXiv2014

The tight groupoid of an inverse semigroup

In this work we present algebraic conditions on an inverse semigroup S (with zero) which imply that its associated tight groupoid G_{tight)(S) is: Hausdorff, essentially principal, minimal and contracting, respectively. In some cases these conditions are in fact necessary and sufficient.

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arXiv2013

Purely infinite crossed products by endomorphisms

We study the crossed product $C^*$-algebra associated to injective endomorphisms, which turns out to be equivalent to study the crossed product by the dilated autormorphism. We prove that the dilation of the Bernoulli $p$-shift endomorphism is topologically free. As a consequence, we have a way to twist any endomorphism of a $\D$-absorbing $C^*$-algebra into one whose dilated automorphism is essentially free and have the same $K$-theory map than the original one. This allows us to construct purely infinite crossed products $C^*$-algebras with diverse ideal structures.

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arXiv2013

Graphs, groups and self-similarity

We study a family of C*-algebras generalizing both Katsura algebras and certain algebras introduced by Nekrashevych in terms of self-similar groups.

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arXiv2013

Representing Kirchberg algebras as inverse semigroup crossed products

In this note we show that a combinatorial model of Kirchberg algebras in the UCT, namely the Katsura algebras O_{AB}, can be expressed both as groupoid C*-algebras and as inverse semigroup crossed products. We use this picture to obtain results about simplicity, pure infiniteness and nuclearity of O_{AB} using different methods than those used by Katsura.

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arXiv2013

Dilations and full corners on fractional skew monoid rings

In this note we will show that the dilation result obtained for fractional skew monoid rings, in the case of a cancellative left Ore monoid $S$ acting on a unital ring $A$ by corner isomorphisms, holds in full generality. We apply this result to the context of semigroup $C^*$-crossed products.

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