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Publications and source records attributed to Iason Moutzouris.
Let $G$ be a finitely generated virtually abelian group and $[σ]\in H^2(G;\mathbb{T})$ such that $σ(x,y)$ is always a root of unity. We show that the nuclear dimension of the twisted group $C^*$-algebra $C^*(G,σ)$ is equal to the rank of a finite index abelian subgroup of $G$. We also show that $\mbox{dim}_{\text{nuc}}(C^*(\mathbb{Z}^r,σ))=r$ if and only if $σ$ is type I.
Let $G$ be a finitely generated virtually abelian group. We show that the Hirsch length, $h(G)$, is equal to the nuclear dimension of its group $C^*$-algebra, $\dim_{nuc}(C^*(G))$. We then specialize our attention to a generalization of crystallographic groups dubbed \textit{crystal-like}. We demonstrate that in this scenario a \textit{point group} is well defined and the order of this point group is preserved by $C^*$-isomorphism. We close by using these tools to demonstrate that crystallographic (as a group property) is preserved by $C^*$-isomorphism. These three tools combine to prove that $2D$ crystallographic groups are $C^*$-superrigid.
We investigate when discrete, amenable groups have $C^*$-algebras of real rank zero. While it is known that this happens when the group is locally finite, the converse in an open problem. We show that if $C^*(G)$ has real rank zero, then all normal subgroups of $G$ that are elementary amenable and have finite Hirsch length must be locally finite.
We study the validity of the Blackadar-Kirchberg conjecture for extensions of separable, nuclear, quasidiagonal $C^*$-algebras that satisfy the UCT. More specifically, we show that the conjecture for the extension has an affirmative answer if the ideal lies in a class of $C^*$-algebras that is closed under local approximations and contains all separable ASH algebras, as well as certain classes of simple, unital $C^*$-algebras and crossed products of unital $C^*$-algebras with the integers.