Characterization of linear groups whose reduced C*-algebras are simple
Tal Poznansky
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42 pages; In previous versions, statement of Proposition 2.11 was erroneous. Here is the list of resulting corrections: statement and proof of Proposition 2.11; Remark 2.12; statements of Proposition 2.17 and Theorems 6.4 and 6.5; proof of Theorem 6.3; addition of Lemma 6.6
The reduced C*-algebra of a countable linear group G is shown to be simple if and only if G has no nontrivial normal amenable subgroups. Moreover, these conditions are shown to be equivalent to the uniqueness of tracial state on the aforementioned C*-algebra.
We study C*-irreducibility of inclusions of reduced twisted group C*-algebras and of reduced group C*-algebras. We characterize C*-irreducibility in the case of an inclusion arising from a normal subgroup, and exhibit many new examples of C*-irreducible inclusions.
Let $S$ be a reduced $E$-Fountain semigroup. If $S$ satisfies the congruence condition, there is a natural construction of a category $\mathcal{C}$ associated with $S$. We define a $\Bbbk$-module homomorphism $φ:\Bbbk S\to\Bbbk\mathcal{C}$ (where $\Bbbk$ is any unital commutative ring). With some assumptions, we prove that $φ$ is an isomorphism of $\Bbbk$-algebras if and only if some weak form of the right ample identity holds in $S$. This gives a unified generalization for a result of the author on right restriction $E$-Ehresmann semigroups and a result of Margolis and Steinberg on the Catala…