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John Quigg

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arXiv1999

Skew products and crossed products by coactions

Given a labeling c of the edges of a directed graph E by elements of a discrete group G, one can form a skew-product graph E cross_c G. We show, using the universal properties of the various constructions involved, that there is a coaction delta of G on C*(E) such that C*(E cross_c G) is isomorphic to the crossed product C*(E) cross_delta G. This isomorphism is equivariant for the dual action deltahat and a natural action gamma of G on C*(E cross_c G); following results of Kumjian and Pask, we show that C*(E cross_c G) cross_gamma G is isomorphic to C*(E cross_c G) cross_{gamma,r} G, which in turn is isomorphic to C*(E) tensor K(l^2(G)), and it turns out that the action gamma is always amenable. We also obtain corresponding results for r-discrete groupoids Q and continuous homomorphisms c: Q -> G, provided Q is amenable. Some of these hold under a more general technical condition which obtains whenever Q is amenable or second-countable.

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arXiv1998

Equivariance and Imprimitivity for Discrete Hopf C*-Coactions

Let U, V, and W be multiplicative unitaries coming from discrete Kac systems such that W is an amenable normal submultiplicative unitary of V with quotient U. We define notions for right-Hilbert bimodules of coactions of S_V and (S_V)^, their restrictions to S_W and (S_U)^, their dual coactions, and their full and reduced crossed products. If N(A) denotes the imprimitivity bimodule associated to any coaction of S_V on a C*-algebra A by Ng's imprimitivity theorem, then for any suitably nondegenerate injective coaction of S_V on a right-Hilbert A - B bimodule X we establish an isomorphism between two tensor product bimodules involving N(A), N(B), and certain crossed products of X. This can be interpreted as a natural transformation between two crossed-product functors.

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arXiv1998

Induced coactions of discrete groups on C*-algebras

Using the close relationship between coactions of discrete groups and Fell bundles, we introduce a procedure for inducing a C*-coaction of a quotient group G/N of a discrete group G to a C*-coaction of G itself on an induced C*-algebra. We show that induced coactions behave in many respects similarly to induced actions. In particular, as an analogue of the well known imprimitivity theorem for induced actions we prove that the crossed products of the original and the induced coactions are always Morita equivalent. We also obtain nonabelian analogues of a theorem of Olesen and Pedersen which show that there is a duality between induced coactions and twisted actions in the sense of Green. We further investigate amenability of Fell bundles corresponding to induced coactions.

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arXiv1997

Partial dynamical systems and C*-algebras generated by partial isometries

A collection of partial isometries whose range and initial projections satisfy a specified set of conditions often gives rise to a partial representation of a group. The C*-algebra generated by the partial isometries is thus a quotient of the universal C*-algebra for partial representations of the group, from which it inherits a crossed product structure, of an abelian C*-algebra by a partial action of the group. Questions of faithfulness of representations, simplicity, and ideal structure of these C*-algebras can then be addressed in a unified manner from within the theory of partial actions. We do this here, focusing on two key properties of partial dynamical systems, namely amenability and topological freeness; they are the essential ingredients of our main results in which we characterize faithful representations, simplicity and the ideal structure of crossed products. As applications we consider three situations involving C*-algebras generated by partial isometries: partial representations of groups, Toeplitz algebras of quasi-lattice ordered groups, and Cuntz-Krieger algebras. These C*-algebras share a crossed product structure which we give here explicitly and which we use to study them in terms of the underlying partial actions.

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arXiv1996

Imprimitivity for $C^*$-Coactions of Non-Amenable Groups

We give a condition on a full coaction $(A,G,δ)$ of a (possibly) nonamenable group $G$ and a closed normal subgroup $N$ of $G$ which ensures that Mansfield imprimitivity works; i.e. that $A\times_{δ{\vert}} G/N$ is Morita equivalent to $A\times_δG\times_{\deltahat,r} N$. This condition obtains if $N$ is amenable or $δ$ is normal. It is preserved under Morita equivalence, inflation of coactions, the stabilization trick of Echterhoff and Raeburn, and on passing to twisted coactions.

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arXiv1996

Duality of Restriction and Induction for $C^*$-Coactions

Consider a coaction $δ$ of a locally compact group $G$ on a \cstar algebra $A$, and a closed normal subgroup $N$ of $G$. We prove, following results of Echterhoff for abelian $G$, that Mansfield's imprimitivity between $A\times_{δ|}G/N$ and $A\times_δG\times_{\deltahat,r}N$ implements equivalences between Mansfield induction of representations from $A\times G/N$ to $A\times G$ and restriction of representations from $A\times G\times_r N$ to $A\times G$, and between restriction of representations from $A\times G$ to $A\times G/N$ and Green induction of representations from $A\times G$ to $A\times G\times_r N$. This allows us to deduce properties of Mansfield induction from the known theory of ordinary crossed products.

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arXiv1996

Characterisations of crossed products by partial actions

Partial actions of discrete groups on $C^*$-algebras and the associated crossed products have been studied by Exel and McClanahan. We characterise these crossed products in terms of the spectral subspaces of the dual coaction, generalising and simplifying a theorem of Exel for single partial automorphisms. We then use this characterisation to identify the Cuntz algebras and the Toeplitz algebras of Nica as crossed products by partial actions.

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