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Publications and source records attributed to Zhuang Niu.
Consider an arbitrary extension of a free $\mathbb Z^d$-action on the Cantor set. It is shown that it has dynamical asymptotic dimension at most $3^d - 1$.
It is shown that every Jiang-Su stable approximately subhomogeneous C*-algebra has finite decomposition rank. Previously, it was not even known that such algebras have finite nuclear dimension. A key step in the proof is that subhomogeneous C*-algebra are locally approximated by a certain class of more tractable subhomogeneous algebras, namely, a non-commutative generalization of the class of cell complexes. The result is applied to show that Jiang-Su stable minimal Z-crossed products have finite decomposition rank.
We show that there is a simple separable unital (non-nuclear) tracially AF algebra $A$ which does not absorb the Jiang-Su algebra $\mathcal Z$ tensorially, i.e., $A \ncong A\otimes\mathcal Z$.
We study homeomorphisms of a Cantor set with $k$ ($k < +\infty$) minimal invariant closed (but not open) subsets; we also study crossed product C*-algebras associated to these Cantor systems and their certain orbit-cut sub-C*-algebras. In the case that $k\geq 2$, the crossed product C*-algebra is stably finite, has stable rank 2, and has real rank zero if in addition $(X, σ)$ is aperiodic. The image of the index map is connected to certain directed graphs arising from the Bratteli-Vershik-Kakutani model of the Cantor system. Using this, it is shown that the ideal of the Bratteli diagram (of the Bratteli-Vershik-Kakutani model) must have at least $k$ vertices at each level, and the image of the index map must consist infinitesimals.
Consider a minimal free topological dynamical system $(X, T, \mathbb{Z}^d)$. It is shown that the comparison radius of the crossed product C*-algebra $\mathrm{C}(X) \rtimes \mathbb{Z}^d$ is at most the half of the mean topological dimension of $(X, T, \mathbb{Z}^d)$. As a consequence, the C*-algebra $\mathrm{C}(X) \rtimes \mathbb{Z}^d$ is classifiable if $(X, T, \mathbb{Z}^d)$ has zero mean dimension.
We study a class of stably projectionless simple C*-algebras which may be viewed as having generalized tracial rank one in analogy with the unital case. Some structural question concerning these simple C*-algebras are studied. The paper also serves as a technical support for the classification of separable stably projectionless simple amenable Jiang-Su stable C*-algebras.
The class of simple separable KK-contractible (KK-equivalent to $\{0\}$) C*-algebras which have finite nuclear dimension is shown to classified by the Elliott invariant. In particular, the class of C*-algebras $A\otimes \mathcal W$ is classifiable, where $A$ is a simple separable C*-algebra with finite nuclear dimension and $\mathcal W$ is the simple inductive limit of Razak algebras with unique trace, which is bounded.
Let $X$ be an infinite compact metrizable space, and let $σ: X\to X$ be a minimal homeomorphism. Suppose that $(X, σ)$ has zero mean topological dimension. The associated C*-algebra $A=\mathrm{C}(X)\rtimes_σ\mathbb Z$ is shown to absorb the Jiang-Su algebra $\mathcal Z$ tensorially, i.e., $A\cong A\otimes\mathcal Z$. This implies that $A$ is classifiable when $(X, σ)$ is uniquely ergodic. Moreover, without any assumption on the mean dimension, it is shown that $A\otimes A$ always absorbs the Jiang-Su algebra.
Let $A$ be a unital simple separable C*-algebra satisfying the UCT. Assume that $\mathrm{dr}(A)<+\infty$, $A$ is Jiang-Su stable, and $\mathrm{K}_0(A)\otimes \mathbb{Q}\cong \mathbb{Q}$. Then $A$ is an ASH algebra (indeed, $A$ is a rationally AH algebra).
We present a classification theorem for a class of unital simple separable amenable ${\cal Z}$-stable $C^*$-algebras by the Elliott invariant. This class of simple $C^*$-algebras exhausts all possible Elliott invariant for unital stably finite simple separable amenable ${\cal Z}$-stable $C^*$-algebras. Moreover, it contains all unital simple separable amenable $C^*$-alegbras which satisfy the UCT and have finite rational tracial rank.
Let $A$ be a simple separable unital locally approximately subhomogeneous C*-algebra (locally ASH algebra). It is shown that $A\otimes Q$ can be tracially approximated by unital Elliott-Thomsen algebras with trivial $\textrm{K}_1$-group, where $Q$ is the universal UHF algebra. In particular, it follows that $A$ is classifiable by the Elliott invariant if $A$ is Jiang-Su stable.
Mean dimension for AH-algebras is introduced. It is shown that if a simple unital AH-algebra with diagonal maps has mean dimension zero, then it has strict comparison on positive elements. In particular, the strict order on projections is determined by traces. Moreover, a lower bound of the mean dimension is given in term of comparison radius. Using classification results, if a simple unital AH-algebra with diagonal maps has mean dimension zero, it must be an AH-algebra without dimension growth. Two classes of AH-algebras are shown to have mean dimension zero: the class of AH-algebras with at most countably many extremal traces, and the class of AH-algebras with numbers of extreme traces which induce same state on the K0-group being uniformly bounded (in particular, this class includes AH-algebras with real rank zero).
Let $C=C(X)$ be the unital $C^*$-algebra of all continuous functions on a finite CW complex $X$ and let $A$ be a unital simple $C^*$-algebra with tracial rank at most one. We show that two unital monomorphisms $ϕ, ψ: C\to A$ are asymptotically unitarily equivalent, i.e., there exists a continuous path of unitaries $\{u_t: t\in [0,1)\}\subset A$ such that $$ \lim_{t\to 1} u_t^*ϕ(f)u_t=ψ(f) {\rm for all} \in C(X), $$ if and only if \beq [ϕ]&=&[ψ] {\rm in} KK(C, A), τ\circ ϕ&=&τ\circ ψ{\rm for all} τ\in T(A), and ϕ^†&=&ψ^†, \eneq where $T(A)$ is the simplex of tracial states of $A$ and $ϕ^†, ψ^†: U(M_{\infty}(C))/DU(M_{\infty}(C))\to$ $U(M_{\infty}(A))/DU(M_{\infty}(A))$ are induced homomorphisms and where $U(M_{\infty}(A))$ and $U(M_{\infty}(C))$ are groups of union of unitary groups of $M_k(A)$ and $M_k(C)$ for all integer $k\ge 1,$ $DU(M_{\infty}(A))$ and $DU(M_{\infty}(C))$ are commutator subgroups of $U(M_{\infty}(A))$ and $U(M_{\infty}(C)),$ respectively. We actually prove a more general result for the case that $C$ is any general unital AH-algebra.
Let $A$ and $B$ be unital separable simple amenable \CA s which satisfy the Universal Coefficient Theorem. Suppose {that} $A$ and $B$ are $\mathcal Z$-stable and are of rationally tracial rank no more than one. We prove the following: Suppose that $ϕ, ψ: A\to B$ are unital {monomorphisms}. There exists a sequence of unitaries $\{u_n\}\subset B$ such that $$ \lim_{n\to\infty} u_n^*ϕ(a) u_n=ψ(a)\tforal a\in A, $$ if and only if $$ [ϕ]=[ψ]\,\,\,\text{in}\,\,\, KL(A,B), ϕ_{\sharp}=ψ_{\sharp}\andeqnϕ^‡=ψ^‡, $$ where $ϕ_{\sharp}, ψ_{\sharp}: \aff(T(A))\to \aff(T(B))$ and $ϕ^‡, ψ^‡: U(A)/CU(A)\to U(B)/CU(B)$ are {the} induced maps and where $T(A)$ and $T(B)$ are tracial state spaces of $A$ and $B,$ and $CU(A)$ and $CU(B)$ are closure of {commutator} subgroups of unitary groups of $A$ and $B,$ respectively. We also show that this holds for some AH-algebras $A.$ {Moreover, if $κ\in KL(A,B)$ preserves the order and the identity, $λ: \aff(\tr(A))\to \aff(\tr(B))$ is a continuous affine map and $γ: U(A)/CU(A)\to U(B)/CU(B)$ is a \hm\, which are compatible, we also show that there is a unital \hm\, $ϕ: A\to B$ so that $([ϕ],ϕ_{\sharp},ϕ^‡)=(κ, λ, γ),$ at least in the case that $K_1(A)$ is a free group,
We study the range of a classifiable class ${\cal A}$ of unital separable simple amenable $C^*$-algebras which satisfy the Universal Coefficient Theorem. The class ${\cal A}$ contains all unital simple AH-algebras. We show that all unital simple inductive limits of dimension drop circle $C^*$-algebras are also in the class. This unifies some of the previous known classification results for unital simple amenable $C^*$-algebras. We also show that there are many other $C^*$-algebras in the class. We prove that, for any partially ordered, simple weakly unperforated rationally Riesz group $G_0$ with order unit $u,$ any countable abelian group $G_1,$ any metrizable Choquet simplex $S,$ and any surjective affine continuous map $r: S\to S_u(G_0)$ (where $S_u(G_0)$ is the state space of $G_0$) which preserves extremal points, there exists one and only one (up to isomorphism) unital separable simple amenable $C^*$-algebra $A$ in the classifiable class ${\cal A}$ such that $$ ((K_0(A), K_0(A)_+, [1_A]), K_1(A), T(A), λ_A)=((G_0, (G_0)_+, u), G_1,S, r).
Let $A$ and $C$ be two unital simple C*-algebas with tracial rank zero. Suppose that $C$ is amenable and satisfies the Universal Coefficient Theorem. Denote by ${KK}_e(C,A)^{++}$ the set of those $κ$ for which $κ(K_0(C)_+\setminus\{0\})\subset K_0(A)_+\setminus\{0\}$ and $κ([1_C])=[1_A]$. Suppose that $κ\in {KK}_e(C,A)^{++}.$ We show that there is a unital monomorphism $ϕ: C\to A$ such that $[ϕ]=κ.$ Suppose that $C$ is a unital AH-algebra and $λ: \mathrm{T}(A)\to \mathrm{T}_{\mathtt{f}}(C)$ is a continuous affine map for which $τ(κ([p]))=λ(τ)(p)$ for all projections $p$ in all matrix algebras of $C$ and any $τ\in \mathrm{T}(A),$ where $\mathrm{T}(A)$ is the simplex of tracial states of $A$ and $\mathrm{T}_{\mathtt{f}}(C)$ is the convex set of faithful tracial states of $C.$ We prove that there is a unital monomorphism $ϕ: C\to A$ such that $ϕ$ induces both $κ$ and $λ.$ Suppose that $h: C\to A$ is a unital monomorphism and $γ\in \mathrm{Hom}(\Kone(C), \aff(A)).$ We show that there exists a unital monomorphism $ϕ: C\to A$ such that $[ϕ]=[h]$ in ${KK}(C,A),$ $τ\circ ϕ=τ\circ h$ for all tracial states $τ$ and the associated rotation map can be given by $γ.$ Applications to classification of simple C*-algebras are also given.