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N. Christopher Phillips

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arXiv2013

Crossed products by spectrally free actions

We define spectral freeness for actions of discrete groups on C*-algebras. We relate spectral freeness to other freeness conditions; an example result is that for an action of a finite group, spectral freeness is equivalent to strong pointwise outerness, and also to the condition that the strong Connes spectrum of the action of the integers generated by a nontrivial group element is always nontrivial. We then prove permanence results for reduced crossed products by exact spectrally free actions, for crossed products by arbitrary actions of the two element group, and for extensions, direct limits, stable isomorphism, and several related constructions, for the following properties: The combination of pure infiniteness and the ideal property. Residual hereditary infiniteness (closely related to pure infiniteness). Residual (SP) (a strengthening of Property (SP) suitable for nonsimple C*-algebras). The weak ideal property (closely related to the ideal property). For the weak ideal property, we can allow arbitrary crossed products by any finite abelian group. These properties of C*-algebras are shown to have formulations of the same general type, allowing them all to be handled using a common set of theorems.

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arXiv2012

The tracial Rokhlin property is generic

We prove several results of the following general form: automorphisms of (or actions of ${\mathbb{Z}}^d$ on) certain kinds of simple separable unital C*-algebras $A$ which have a suitable version of the Rokhlin property are generic among all automorphisms (or actions), or in a suitable class of automorphisms. That is, the ones with the version of the Rokhlin property contain a dense $G_δ$-subset of the set of all such automorphisms (or actions). Specifically, we prove the following. If $A$ is stable under tensoring with the Jiang-Su algebra $Z,$ and has tracial rank zero, then automorphisms with the tracial Rokhlin property are generic. If $A$ has tracial rank zero, or, more generally, $A$ is tracially approximately divisible together with a technical condition, then automorphisms with the tracial Rokhlin property are generic among the approximately inner automorphisms. If $A$ is stable under tensoring with the Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal{O}}_{\infty}$ or with a UHF algebra of infinite type, then actions of ${\mathbb{Z}}^d$ on $A$ with the Rokhlin property are generic among all actions of ${\mathbb{Z}}^d.$ We further give a related but more restricted result for actions of finite groups.

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arXiv2012

Permanence properties for crossed products and fixed point algebras of finite groups

For an action of a finite group on a C*-algebra, we present some conditions under which properties of the C*-algebra pass to the crossed product or the fixed point algebra. We mostly consider the ideal property, the projection property, topological dimension zero, and pure infiniteness. In many of our results, additional conditions are necessary on the group, the algebra, or the action. Sometimes the action must be strongly pointwise outer, and in a few results it must have the Rokhlin property. When the group is finite abelian, we prove that crossed products and fixed point algebras preserve topological dimension zero with no condition on the action. We give an example to show that the ideal property and the projection property do not pass to fixed point algebras (even for the two element group). The construction also gives an example of a C*-algebra which does not have the ideal property but such that the algebra of 2 by 2 matrices over it does have the ideal property; in fact, this matrix algebra has the projection property.

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arXiv2012

Profinite pro-C*-algebras and pro-C*-algebras of profinite groups

We define the profinite completion of a C*-algebra, which is a pro-C*-algebra, as well as the pro-C*-algebra of a profinite group. We show that the continuous representations of the pro-C*-algebra of a profinite group correspond to the unitary representations of the group which factor through a finite group. We define natural homomorphisms from the C*-algebra of a locally compact group and its profinite completion to the pro-C*-algebra of the profinite completion of the group. We give some conditions for injectivity or surjectivity of these homomorphisms, but an important question remains open.

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arXiv2012

Analogs of Cuntz algebras on $L^p$ spaces

For $d = 2, 3, \ldots$ and $p \in [1, \infty),$ we define a class of representations $ρ$ of the Leavitt algebra $L_d$ on spaces of the form $L^p (X, μ),$ which we call the spatial representations. We prove that for fixed $d$ and $p,$ the Banach algebra ${\mathcal{O}_{d}^{p}}$ obtained as the closure of the image of $L_d$ under the representation $ρ$ is the same for all spatial representations $ρ.$ When $p = 2,$ we recover the usual Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal{O}}_{d}.$ We give a number of equivalent conditions for a representation to be spatial. We show that for distinct $p_1$ and $p_2$ in $[1, \infty)$ and arbitrary $d_1$ and $d_2$ in $\{ 2, 3, \ldots \},$ there is no nonzero continuous homomorphism from ${\mathcal{O}}_{d_1}^{p_1}$ to ${\mathcal{O}}_{d_2}^{p_2}.$

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arXiv2011

Equivariant semiprojectivity

We define equivariant semiprojectivity for C*-algebras equipped with actions of compact groups. We prove that the following examples are equivariantly semiprojective: arbitrary finite dimensional C*-algebras with arbitrary actions of compact groups; the Cuntz algebras ${\mathcal{O}}_d$ and extended Cuntz algebras $E_d,$ for finite $d,$ with quasifree actions of compact groups; the Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal{O}}_{\infty}$ with any quasifree action of a finite group. For actions of finite groups, we prove that equivariant semiprojectivity is equivalent to a form of equivariant stability of generators and relations. We also prove that if $G$ is finite, then $C^* (G)$ is graded semiprojective.

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arXiv2009

Freeness of actions of finite groups on C*-algebras

We describe some of the forms of freeness of group actions on noncommutative C*-algebras that have been used, with emphasis on actions of finite groups. We give some indications of their strengths, weaknesses, applications, and relationships to each other. The properties discussed include the Rokhlin property, K-theoretic freeness, the tracial Rokhlin property, pointwise outerness, saturation, hereditary saturation, and the requirement that the strong Connes spectrum be the entire dual.

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arXiv2009

Crossed products by finite group actions with the Rokhlin property

We prove that a number of classes of separable unital C*-algebras are closed under crossed products by finite group actions with the Rokhlin property, including: (1) AI algebras, AT algebras, and related classes characterized by direct limit decompositions using semiprojective building blocks. (2) Simple unital AH algebras with slow dimension growth and real rank zero. (3) C*-algebras with real rank zero or stable rank one. (4) C*-algebras whose quotients all satisfy the Universal Coefficient Theorem. Along the way, we give a systematic treatment of the derivation of direct limit decompositions from local approximation conditions by homomorphic images which are not necessarily injective.

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arXiv2008

A direct proof of Z-stability for AH algebras of bounded topological dimension

We prove that a unital simple approximately homogeneous (AH) C*-algebra with no dimension growth absorbs the Jiang-Su algebra tensorially without appealing to the classification theory of these algebras. Our main result continues to hold under the slightly weaker hypothesis of exponentially slow dimension growth.

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arXiv2007

Cancellation for inclusions of C*-algebras of finite depth

Let B be a unital C*-algebra, let A be a unital subalgebra, and let E be a conditional expectation from B to A with index-finite type and a quasi-basis of n elements. Then the topological stable rank satisfies \tsr (B) \leq \tsr (A) + n - 1. As an application, we show that if a unital inclusion A \subset B of C*-algebras has index-finite type and finite depth, and A is simple with stable rank one and Property (SP), then B has cancellation. In particular, if A is a simple unital C*-algebra with stable rank one and Property (SP), and a finite group G acts on A, then the crossed product has cancellation. Separately, if the group is the integers, we obtain cancellation under the additional hypotheses that the group action is outer and is trivial on K_0 (A).

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arXiv2007

Banach Algebras and Rational Homotopy Theory

Let $A$ be a unital commutative Banach algebra with maximal ideal space $X.$ We determine the rational H-type of the group $GL_n (A)$ of invertible n by n matrices with coefficients in A, in terms of the rational cohomology of $X.$ We also address an old problem of J. L. Taylor. Let $Lc_n (A)$ denote the space of "last columns" of $GL_n (A).$ For $n > 1 + s/2,$ we construct a natural isomorphism from the rational Cech cohomology group $H^s (X; Q)$ to the rational homotopy group $π_{2 n - 1 - s} (Lc_n (A)) \otimes Q,$ which shows that the rational cohomology groups of $X$ are determined by a topological invariant associated to $A.$ As part of our analysis, we determine the rational H-type of certain gauge groups $F (X, G)$ for $G$ a Lie group or, more generally, a rational H-space.

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arXiv2006

The tracial Rokhlin property for actions of finite groups on C*-algebras

We define "tracial" analogs of the Rokhlin property for actions of finite groups, approximate representability of actions of finite abelian groups, and of approximate innerness. We prove four analogs of related "nontracial" results. First, the crossed product of an infinite dimensional simple separable unital C*-algebra with tracial rank zero by an action of a finite group with the tracial Rokhlin property again has tracial rank zero. Second, an outer action of a finite abelian group on an infinite dimensional simple separable unital C*-algebra has the tracial Rokhlin property if and only if its dual is tracially approximately representable, and is tracially approximately representable if and only if its dual has the tracial Rokhlin property. Third, if a strongly tracially approximately inner action of a finite cyclic group on an infinite dimensional simple separable unital C*-algebra has the tracial Rokhlin property, then it is tracially approximately representable. Fourth, an automorphism of an infinite dimensional simple separable unital C*-algebra A with tracial rank zero is tracially approximately inner if and only if it is the identity on K_0 (A) mod infinitesimals.

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arXiv2006

The structure of crossed products of irrational rotation algebras by finite subgroups of SL_2 (Z)

Let F be a finite subgroup of SL_2 (Z) (necessarily isomorphic to one of Z/2Z, Z/3Z, Z/4Z, or Z/6Z), and let F act on the irrational rotational algebra A_θ via the restriction of the canonical action of SL_2 (Z). Then the crossed product of A_θ by F, and the fixed point algebra for the action of F on A_θ, are AF algebras. The same is true for the crossed product and fixed point algebra of the flip action of Z/2Z on any simple d-dimensional noncommutative torus A_Θ. Along the way, we prove a number of general results which should have useful applications in other situations.

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arXiv2006

Finite cyclic group actions with the tracial Rokhlin property

We give examples of actions of Z/2Z on AF algebras and AT algebras which demonstrate the differences between the (strict) Rokhlin property and the tracial Rokhlin property, and between (strict) approximate representability and tracial approximate representability. Specific results include the following. We determine exactly when a product type action of Z/2Z on a UHF algebra has the tracial Rokhlin property; in particular, unlike for the strict Rokhlin property, every UHF algebra admits such an action. We prove that Blackadar's action of Z/2Z on the 2^{\infty} UHF algebra, whose crossed product is not AF because it has nontrivial K_1-group, has the tracial Rokhlin property, and we give an example of an action of Z/2Z on a simple unital AF algebra which has the tracial Rokhlin property and such that the K_0-group of the crossed product has torsion. In particular, the crossed product of a simple unital AF algebra by an action of Z/2Z with the tracial Rokhlin property need not be AF. We give examples of a tracially approximately representable action of Z/2Z on a simple unital AF algebra which is nontrivial on K_0, and of a tracially approximately representable action of Z/2Z on a simple unital AT algebra with real rank zero which is nontrivial on K_1.

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arXiv2005

Realization of a simple higher dimensional noncommutative torus as a transformation group C*-algebra

Let $θ$ be a nondegenerate skew symmetric real $d$ by $d$ matrix, and let $A_θ$ be the corresponding simple higher dimensional noncommutative torus. Suppose that $d$ is odd, or that $d$ is greater or equal to 4 and the entries of $θ$ are not contained in a quadratic extension of $\mathbb{Q}$. Then $A_θ$ is isomorphic to the transformation group C*-algebra obtained from a minimal homeomorphism of a compact connected one dimensional space locally homeomorphic to the product of the interval and the Cantor set. The proof uses classification theory of C*-algebras.

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