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Marius Ionescu

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arXiv2025

Cohomology of ample groupoids

We introduce a cochain complex for ample groupoids $\mathcal G$ using a flat resolution defining their homology with coefficients in $\mathbb Z$. We prove that the cohomology of this cochain complex with values in a $\mathcal G$-module $M$ coincides with the previously introduced continuous cocycle cohomology of $\mathcal G$. In particular, this groupoid cohomology is invariant under Morita equivalence. We derive an exact sequence for the cohomology of skew products by a $\mathbb Z$-valued cocycle. We indicate how to compute the cohomology with coefficients in a $\mathcal G$-module $M$ for $AF$-groupoids and for certain action groupoids.

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arXiv2025

A panoramic view of groupoids and MRAs

This sequel to \cite{im2008} uses groupoid technology to provide new proofs of the famous theorems of Mallat \cite[Theorem 1 and 2]{Mall_TAMS89} that extend to much broader contexts than those conceived by Mallat. This work was inspired in large part by \cite{Bagg_co_JFAA09,Bag_co_JFA10,LarRae_CM06,Larsen-Raeburn2007}, written by Iain Raeburn and co-authors.

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arXiv2023

Groupoid actions and Koopman representations

We study the $C^*$-algebra $C^*(κ)$ generated by the Koopman representation $κ=κ^μ$ of a locally compact groupoid $G$ acting on a measure space $(X,μ)$, where $μ$ is quasi-invariant for the action. We interpret $κ$ as an induced representation and we prove that if the groupoid $G\ltimes X$ is amenable, then $κ$ is weakly contained in the regular representation $ρ=ρ^μ$ associated to $μ$, so we have a surjective homomorphism $C^*_r(G)\to C^*(κ)$. We consider the particular case of Renault-Deaconu groupoids $G= G(X,T)$ acting on their unit space $X$ and show that in some cases $C^*(κ)\cong C^*(G)$.

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arXiv2021

Pushouts of extensions of groupoids by bundles of abelian groups

We analyse extensions $Σ$ of groupoids $G$ by bundles $A$ of abelian groups. We describe a pushout construction for such extensions, and use it to describe the extension group of a given groupoid $G$ by a given bundle $A$. There is a natural action of $Σ$ on the dual of $A$, yielding a corresponding transformation groupoid. The pushout of this transformation groupoid by the natural map from the fibre product of $A$ with its dual to the Cartesian product of the dual with the circle is a twist over the transformation groupoid resulting from the action of $G$ on the dual of $A$. We prove that the full $C^*$-algebra of this twist is isomorphic to the full $C^*$-algebra of $Σ$, and that this isomorphism descends to an isomorphism of reduced algebras. We give a number of examples and applications.

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arXiv2020

C*-Algebras of extensions of groupoids by group bundles

Given a normal subgroup bundle $\mathcal A$ of the isotropy bundle of a groupoid $Σ$, we obtain a twisted action of the quotient groupoid $Σ/\mathcal A$ on the bundle of group $C^*$-algebras determined by $\mathcal A$ whose twisted crossed product recovers the groupoid $C^*$-algebra $C^*(Σ)$. Restricting to the case where $\mathcal A$ is abelian, we describe $C^*(Σ)$ as the $C^*$-algebra associated to a $\mathbf T$-groupoid over the tranformation groupoid obtained from the canonical action of $Σ/\mathcal A$ on the Pontryagin dual space of $\mathcal A$. We give some illustrative examples of this result.

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arXiv2019

The "Hot Spots" Conjecture on the Vicsek Set

We prove the Hot Spot conjecture on the Vicsek set. Specifically, we show that every eigenfunction of the second smallest eigenvalue of the Neumann Laplacian on the Vicsek set attains its maximum and minimum on the boundary.

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arXiv2018

The Dixmier-Douady Classes of Certain Groupoid $C^*$-Algebras with Continuous Trace

Given a locally compact abelian group $G$, we give an explicit formula for the Dixmier--Douady invariant of the $C^*$-algebra of the groupoid extension associated to a Čech $2$-cocycle in the sheaf of germs of continuous $G$-valued functions. We then exploit the blow-up construction for groupoids to extend this to some more general central extensions of étale equivalence relations.

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arXiv2017

Obstructions to lifting cocycles on groupoids and the associated $C^*$-algebras

Given a short exact sequence of locally compact abelian groups $0 \to A \to B \to C \to 0$ and a continuous $C$-valued $1$-cocycle $ϕ$ on a locally compact Hausdorff groupoid $Γ$ we construct a twist of $Γ$ by $A$ that is trivial if and only if $ϕ$ lifts. The cocycle determines a strongly continuous action of $\widehat{C}$ into $\operatorname{Aut} C^*(Γ)$ and we prove that the $C^*$-algebra of the twist is isomorphic to the induced algebra of this action if $Γ$ is amenable. We apply our results to a groupoid determined by a locally finite cover of a space $X$ and a cocycle provided by a Čech 1-cocycle with coefficients in the sheaf of germs of continuous $\mathbb{T}$-valued functions. We prove that the $C^*$-algebra of the resulting twist is continuous trace and we compute its Dixmier-Douady invariant.

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arXiv2016

A Stabilization Theorem for Fell Bundles over groupoids

We study the $C^*$-algebras associated to upper-semicontinuous Fell bundles over second-countable Hausdorff groupoids. Based on ideas going back to the Packer--Raeburn "Stabilization Trick," we construct from each such bundle a groupoid dynamical system whose associated Fell bundle is equivalent to the original bundle. The upshot is that the full and reduced $C^*$-algebras of any saturated upper-semicontinuous Fell bundle are stably isomorphic to the full and reduced crossed products of an associated dynamical system. We apply our results to describe the lattice of ideals of the $C^*$-algebra of a continuous Fell-bundle by applying Renault's results about the ideals of the $C^*$-algebras of groupoid crossed products. In particular, we discuss simplicity of the Fell-bundle $C^*$-algebra of a bundle over $G$ in terms of an action, described by the first and last named authors, of $G$ on the primitive-ideal space of the $C^*$-algebra of the part of the bundle sitting over the unit space. We finish with some applications to twisted $k$-graph algebras, where the components of our results become more concrete.

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arXiv2014

Groupoid Actions on Fractafolds

We define a bundle over a totally disconnected set such that each fiber is homeomorphic to a fractal blowup. We prove that there is a natural action of a Renault-Deaconu groupoid on our fractafold bundle and that the resulting action groupoid is a Renault-Deaconu groupoid itself. We also show that when the bundle is locally compact the associated $C^*$-algebra is primitive and has a densely defined lower-semicontinuous trace.

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arXiv2013

Irreducible Induced Representations of Fell Bundle C*-Algebras

We give precise conditions under which irreducible representations associated to stability groups induce to irreducible representations for Fell bundle C*-algebras. This result generalizes an earlier result of Echterhoff and the second author. Because the Fell bundle construction subsumes most other examples of C*-algebras constructed from dynamical systems, our result percolates down to many different constructions including the many flavors of groupoid crossed products.

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arXiv2013

Complex Powers of the Laplacian on Affine Nested Fractals as Calderón-Zygmund operators

We give the first natural examples of Calderón-Zygmund operators in the theory of analysis on post-critically finite self-similar fractals. This is achieved by showing that the purely imaginary Riesz and Bessel potentials on nested fractals with 3 or more boundary points are of this type. It follows that these operators are bounded on $L^{p}$, $1<p<\infty$ and satisfy weak 1-1 bounds. The analysis may be extended to infinite blow-ups of these fractals, and to product spaces based on the fractal or its blow-up.

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arXiv2012

Pseudo-differential Operators on Fractals

We define and study pseudo-differential operators on a class of fractals that include the post-critically finite self-similar sets and Sierpinski carpets. Using the sub-Gaussian estimates of the heat operator we prove that our operators have kernels that decay and, in the constant coefficient case, are smooth off the diagonal. Our analysis can be extended to product of fractals. While our results are applicable to a larger class of metric measure spaces with Laplacian, we use them to study elliptic, hypoelliptic, and quasi-elliptic operators on p.c.f. fractals, answering a few open questions posed in a series of recent papers. We extend our class of operators to include the so called Hörmander hypoelliptic operators and we initiate the study of wavefront sets and microlocal analysis on p.c.f. fractals.

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arXiv2012

Hausdorff Measures and KMS States

Given a compact metric space $X$ and a local homeomorphism $T:X\to X$ satisfying a local scaling property, we show that the Hausdorff measure on $X$ gives rise to a KMS state on the $C^{*}$-algebra naturally associated to the pair $(X,T)$ such that the inverse temperature coincides with the Hausdorff dimension. We prove that the KMS state is unique under some mild hypothesis. We use our results to describe KMS states on Cuntz algebras, graph algebras, and $C^{*}$-algebras on fractafolds.

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arXiv2012

Derivations and Dirichlet forms on fractals

We study derivations and Fredholm modules on metric spaces with a local regular conservative Dirichlet form. In particular, on finitely ramified fractals, we show that there is a non-trivial Fredholm module if and only if the fractal is not a tree (i.e. not simply connected). This result relates Fredholm modules and topology, and refines and improves known results on p.c.f. fractals. We also discuss weakly summable Fredholm modules and the Dixmier trace in the cases of some finitely and infinitely ramified fractals (including non-self-similar fractals) if the so-called spectral dimension is less than 2. In the finitely ramified self-similar case we relate the p-summability question with estimates of the Lyapunov exponents for harmonic functions and the behavior of the pressure function.

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arXiv2010

A Classic Morita Equivalence Result for Fell Bundle C*-algebras

We show how to extend a classic Morita Equivalence Result of Green's to the \cs-algebras of Fell bundles over transitive groupoids. Specifically, we show that if $p:\B\to G$ is a saturated Fell bundle over a transitive groupoid $G$ with stability group $H=G(u)$ at $u\in \go$, then $\cs(G,\B)$ is Morita equivalent to $\cs(H,\CC)$, where $\CC=\B\restr H$. As an application, we show that if $p:\B\to G$ is a Fell bundle over a group $G$ and if there is a continuous $G$-equivariant map $σ:\Prim A\to G/H$, where $A=B(e)$ is the \cs-algebra of $\B$ and $H$ is a closed subgroup, then $\cs(G,\B)$ is Morita equivalent to $\cs(H,\CC^{I})$ where $\CC^{I}$ is a Fell bundle over $H$ whose fibres are $A/I\sme A/I$-\ib s and $I=\bigcap\set{P:σ(P)=eH}$. Green's result is a special case of our application to bundles over groups.

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arXiv2010

Markov Operators and $C^{*}$-Algebras

A Markov operator $P$ acting on $C(X)$, where $X$ is compact, gives rise to a natural topological quiver. We use the theory of such quivers to attach a $C^{*}$-algebra to $P$ in a fashion that reflects some of the probabilistic properties of $P$.

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