We show that any faithful quasi-free actions of a finite group on the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_\infty$ are mutually conjugate, and that they are asymptotically representable.
We study the $C^*$-algebra $\mathcal{T}/\mathcal{K}$ where $\mathcal{T}$ is the $C^*$-algebra generated by $d$ weighted shifts on the Fock space of $\mathbb{C}^d$, $\mathcal{F}(\mathbb{C}^d)$, ( where the weights are given by a sequence $\{Z_k\}$ of matrices $Z_k\in M_{d^k}(\mathbb{C})$) and $\mathcal{K}$ is the algebra of compact operators on the Fock space. If $Z_k=I$ for every $k$, $\mathcal{T}/\mathcal{K}$ is the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_d$. We show that $\mathcal{T}/\mathcal{K}$ is isomorphic to a Cuntz-Pimsner algebra and use it to find conditions for the algebra to be simple. We prese…
We investigate the structures of crossed products of the Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal O}_\infty$ by quasi-free actions of abelian groups. We completely determine their ideal structures and compute the strong Connes spectra and K-groups.
It is shown that certain quasi-free flows on the Cuntz algebra $O_\infty$ have the Rohlin property and therefore are cocycle-conjugate with each other. This, in particular, shows that any unital separable nuclear purely infinite simple C*-algebra has a Rohlin flow.
We apply Arveson's non-commutative boundary theory to dilate every Toeplitz-Cuntz-Krieger family of a directed graph $G$ to a full Cuntz-Krieger family for $G$. We do this by describing all representations of the Toeplitz algebra $\mathcal{T}(G)$ that have unique extension when restricted to the tensor algebra $\mathcal{T}_+(G)$. This yields an alternative proof to a result of Katsoulis and Kribs that the $C^*$-envelope of $\mathcal T_+(G)$ is the Cuntz-Krieger algebra $\mathcal O(G)$. We then generalize our dilation results further, to the context of colored directed graphs, by investigating …
We investigate subalgebras $A$ of the Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal O}_n$ that arise as finite direct sums of corners of the UHF-subalgebra ${\mathcal F}_n$. For such an $A$, we completely determine its normalizer group inside ${\mathcal O}_n$.
Let $E$ be a finite directed graph with no sources or sinks and write $X_E$ for the graph correspondence. We study the $C^*$-algebra $C^*(E,Z):=\mathcal{T}(X_E,Z)/\mathcal{K}$ where $\mathcal{T}(X_E,Z)$ is the $C^*$-algebra generated by weighted shifts on the Fock correspondence $\mathcal{F}(X_E)$ given by a weight sequence $\{Z_k\}$ of operators $Z_k\in \mathcal{L}(X_{E^{k}})$ and $\mathcal{K}$ is the algebra of compact operators on the Fock correspondence. If $Z_k=I$ for every $k$, $C^*(E,Z)$ is the Cuntz-Krieger algebra associated with the graph $E$. We show that $C^*(E,Z)$ can be realized …
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, \…
In this paper we investigate the normalizer $\mathcal{N}_{\mathcal{O}_{n}}(A)$ of a $C^{*}$-subalgebra $A\subset \mathcal{F}_{n}$ where $\mathcal{F}_{n}$ is the canonical UHF-subalgebra of type $n^{\infty}$ in the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_{n}$. Under the assumption that the relative commutant $A'\cap \mathcal{F}_{n}$ is finite-dimensional, we show several facts for normalizers of $A$. In particular it is shown that the automorphism group $\{{\rm Ad}u|_{A}\ \ |\ u\in \mathcal{N}_{\mathcal{F}_{n}}(A)\}$ has a finite index in $\{{\rm Ad}U|_{A}\ \ |\ U\in \mathcal{N}_{\mathcal{O}_{n}}(A)\}$.
We show a correspondence between simple continued fraction expansions of irrational numbers and irreducible permutative representations of the Cuntz algebra ${\cal O}_{\infty}$. With respect to the correspondence, it is shown that the equivalence of real numbers with respect to modular transformations is equivalent to the unitary equivalence of representations. Furthermore, we show that quadratic irrationals are related to irreducible permutative representations of ${\cal O}_{\infty}$ with a cycle.
Bosons and fermions are often written by elements of other algebras. M. Abe gave a recursive realization of the boson by formal infinite sums of the canonical generators of the Cuntz algebra ${\cal O}_{\infty}$. We show that such formal infinite sum always makes sense on a certain dense subspace of any permutative representation of ${\cal O}_{\infty}$. In this meaning, we can regard as if the algebra ${\cal B}$ of bosons was a unital $*$-subalgebra of ${\cal O}_{\infty}$ on a given permutative representation by keeping their unboundedness. By this relation, we compute branching laws arising fr…
For an irreducible non-permutation matrix $A$, the triplet $({\mathcal{O}_A},{\mathcal{D}_A},ρ^A)$ for the Cuntz-Krieger algebra ${\mathcal{O}_A}$, its canonical maximal abelian $C^*$-subalgebra ${\mathcal{D}_A}$, and its gauge action $ρ^A$ is called the Cuntz-Krieger triplet. We introduce a notion of strong Morita equivalence in the Cuntz-Krieger triplets, and prove that two Cuntz-Krieger triplets $({\mathcal{O}_A},{\mathcal{D}_A},ρ^A)$ and $({\mathcal{O}_B},{\mathcal{D}_B},ρ^B)$ are strong Morita equivalent if and only if $A$ and $B$ are strong shift equivalent. We also show that the general…
It was shown recently by Conti, Rørdam and Szymański that there exist endomorphisms $λ_u$ of the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_n$ such that $λ_u (\mathcal{F}_n)\subseteq\mathcal{F}_n$ but $u\not\in\mathcal{F}_n$, and a question was raised if for such a $u$ there must always exist a unitary $v\in\mathcal{F}_n$ with $λ_u|_{\mathcal{F}_n} = λ_v|_{\mathcal{F}_n}$. In the present paper, we answer this question to the negative. To this end, we analyze the structure of such endomorphisms $λ_u$ for which the relative commutant $λ_u(\mathcal{F}_n)'\cap\mathcal{F}_n$ is finite dimensional.
Given a locally compact group $G$ and a unitary representation $ρ:G\to U({\mathcal H})$ on a Hilbert space ${\mathcal H}$, we construct a $C^*$-correspondence ${\mathcal E}(ρ)={\mathcal H}\otimes_{\mathbb C} C^*(G)$ over $C^*(G)$ and study the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra ${\mathcal O}_{{\mathcal E}(ρ)}$. We prove that for $G$ compact, ${\mathcal O}_{{\mathcal E}(ρ)}$ is strong Morita equivalent to a graph $C^*$-algebra. If $λ$ is the left regular representation of an infinite, discrete and amenable group $G$, we show that ${\mathcal O}_{{\mathcal E}(λ)}$ is simple and purely infinite, with the same …
We study a new class of representations of the Cuntz-Krieger algebras $\mathcal O_A$ constructed by semibranching function systems, naturally related to stationary Bratteli diagrams. The notion of isomorphic semibranching function systems is defined and studied. We show that any isomorphism of such systems implies the equivalence of the corresponding representations of Cuntz-Krieger algebra $\mathcal O_A$. In particular, we show that equivalent measures generate equivalent representations of $\mathcal O_A$. We use Markov measures which are defined on the path space of stationary Bratteli diagr…
We compute the $K$-groups for the Cuntz-Krieger algebras $\mathcal{O}_{A_{\mathcal{K}(f_μ)}}$, where $A_{\mathcal{K}(f_μ)}$ is the Markov transition matrix arising from the \textit{kneading sequence }$\mathcal{K} (f_μ)$ of the one-parameter family of real quadratic maps $f_μ$.
We introduce the notion of K-theoretic duality for extensions of separable unital nuclear $C^*$-algebras by using K-homology long exact sequence and cyclic six term exact sequence for K-theory groups of extensions. We then prove that the Toeplitz extension $\mathcal{T}_A$ of a Cuntz-Krieger algebra $\mathcal{O}_A$ is the K-theoretic dual of the Toeplitz extension $\mathcal{T}_{A^t}$ of the Cuntz-Krieger algebra $\mathcal{O}_{A^t}$ for the transposed matrix $A^t$ of $A$. A pair of isomorphic Cuntz--Krieger algebras $\mathcal{O}_A$ and $\mathcal{O}_B$ does not necessarily yield the isomorphic pa…
We investigate an invariant for continuous fields of the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_{n+1}$ introduced in our previous work, and find a way to obtain a continuous field of $\mathbb{M}_n(\mathcal{O}_\infty)$ from that of $\mathcal{O}_{n+1}$ using the construction of the invariant. By Brown's representability theorem, this gives a bijection from the set of the isomorphism classes of continuous fields of $\mathcal{O}_{n+1}$ to those of $\mathbb{M}_n(\mathcal{O}_\infty)$. As a consequence, we obtain a new proof for M. Dadarlat's classification result of continuous fields of $\mathcal{O}_{n+1}$ aris…
We study tensor products and nuclearity-related properties of the operator system $\mathcal S_n$ generated by the Cuntz isometries. By using the nuclearity of the Cuntz algebra, we can show that $\mathcal{S}_n$ is $C^*$-nuclear, and this implies a dual row contraction version of Ando's theorem characterizing operators of numerical radius 1. On the other hand, without using the nuclearity of the Cuntz algebra, we are still able to show directly this Ando type property of dual row contractions and conclude that $\mathcal{S}_n$ is $C^*$-nuclear, which yields a new proof of the nuclearity of the C…
Given two correspondences $X$ and $Y$ and a discrete group $G$ which acts on $X$ and coacts on $Y$, one can define a twisted tensor product $X\boxtimes Y$ which simultaneously generalizes ordinary tensor products and crossed products by group actions and coactions. We show that, under suitable conditions, the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra of this product, $\mathcal O_{X\boxtimes Y}$, is isomorphic to a "balanced" twisted tensor product $\mathcal O_X\boxtimes_\mathbb T\mathcal O_Y$ of the Cuntz-Pimsner algebras of the original correspondences. We interpret this result in several contexts and connect it…
We consider representations of the Cuntz algebras ${\mathcal O}_N$ as constructed by Bratteli-Jorgensen and use these to define a faithful action of the analytic loop group $L_{\text{an}}U(n)$ on ${\mathcal O}_N$ for $N \geq n$. This extends to a faithful action on the infinite Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal O}_{\infty}$, and we show that this action can be used to explicitly construct ${\mathcal O}_\infty \otimes \mathcal K$-bundles (where $ \mathcal K$ is the algebra of compact operators) over spaces, which are geometric twists in higher twisted $K$-theory.
Given a quantum graph $\mathcal{G}=(B,ψ,A)$, we define a C*-correspondence $E_\mathcal{G}$ over the noncommutative vertex C*-algebra $B$, called the quantum edge correspondence. For a classical graph $\mathcal{G}$, $E_\mathcal{G}$ is the usual graph correspondence spanned by the edges of $\mathcal{G}$. When the quantum adjacency matrix $A\colon B\to B$ is completely positive, we show that $E_\mathcal{G}$ is faithful if and only if $\ker(A)$ does not contain a central summand of $B$. In this case, we show that the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra $\mathcal{O}_{E_\mathcal{G}}$ is isomorphic to a quotient o…
In this paper, we will introduce notions of relative version of imprimitivity bimodules and relative version of strong Morita equivalence for pairs of $C^*$-algebras $(\mathcal{A}, \mathcal{D})$ such that $\mathcal{D}$ is a $C^*$-subalgebra of $\mathcal{A}$ with certain conditions. We will then prove that two pairs $(\mathcal{A}_1, \mathcal{D}_1)$ and $(\mathcal{A}_2, \mathcal{D}_2)$ are relatively Morita equivalent if and only if their relative stabilizations are isomorphic. In particularly, for two pairs $(\mathcal{O}_A, \mathcal{D}_A)$ and $(\mathcal{O}_B, \mathcal{D}_B)$ of Cuntz--Krieger …
Given a finitely aligned $k$-graph $Λ$, we let $Λ^i$ denote the $(k-1)$-graph formed by removing all edges of degree $e_i$ from $Λ$. We show that the Toeplitz-Cuntz-Krieger algebra of $Λ$, denoted by $\mathcal{T}C^*(Λ)$, may be realised as the Toeplitz algebra of a Hilbert $\mathcal{T}C^*(Λ^i)$-bimodule. When $Λ$ is locally-convex, we show that the Cuntz-Krieger algebra of $Λ$, which we denote by $C^*(Λ)$, may be realised as the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra of a Hilbert $C^*(Λ^i)$-bimodule. Consequently, $\mathcal{T}C^*(Λ)$ and $C^*(Λ)$ may be viewed as iterated Toeplitz and iterated Cuntz-Pimsner al…
We construct a nontrivial inverse system of Cuntz algebras $\{{\cal O}_{n}:2\leq n<\infty\}$, whose inverse limit is *-isomorphic onto ${\cal O}_{\infty}$. By using this result, it is shown that the $K_{0}$-functor is discontinuous with respect to the inverse limit even if the limit is a C$^{*}$-algebra.
Let $A$ be an $N\times N$ irreducible matrix with entries in $\{0,1\}$. We present an easy way to find an $(N+3)\times (N+3)$ irreducible matrix $\bar{A}$ with entries in $\{0,1\}$ such that their Cuntz--Krieger algebras ${\mathcal{O}}_A$ and ${\mathcal{O}}_{\bar{A}}$ are isomorphic and $ \det(1 -A) = - \det(1-\bar{A}). $ As a consequence, we know that two Cuntz--Krieger algebras ${\mathcal{O}}_A$ and ${\mathcal{O}}_B$ are isomorphic if and only if the one-sided topological Markov shift $(X_A, σ_A)$ is continuously orbit equivalent to $(X_B, σ_B)$ or $(X_{\bar{B}}, σ_{\bar{B}}).$
In this paper, we will introduce a notion of basis related Morita equivalence in the Cuntz--Krieger algebras $({\mathcal{O}_A}, \{S_a\}_{a \in E_A})$ with the canonical right finite basis $\{S_a\}_{a \in E_A}$ as Hilbert $C^*$-bimodule, and prove that two nonnegative irreducible matrices $A$ and $B$ are elementary equivalent, that is, $A = CD, B = DC$ for some nonnegative rectangular matrices $C, D$, if and only if the Cuntz--Krieger algebras $({\mathcal{O}_A}, \{S_a\}_{a \in E_A})$ and $({\mathcal{O}_B}, \{ S_b\}_{b\in E_B})$ with the canonical right finite bases are basis relatedly elementar…
We investigate the structure of the fixed-point algebra of $\mathcal{O}_n$ under the action of the cyclic permutation of the generating isometries. We prove that it is $*$-isomorphic with $\mathcal{O}_n$, thus generalizing a result of Choi and Latrémolière on $\mathcal{O}_2$. As an application of the technique employed, we also describe the fixed-point algebra of $\mathcal{O}_{2n}$ under the exchange automorphism.
A one-sided shift of finite type $(X_A,σ_A)$ determines on the one hand a Cuntz-Krieger algebra $\mathcal{O}_A$ with a distinguished abelian subalgebra $\mathcal{D}_A$ and a certain completely positive map $τ_A$ on $\mathcal{O}_A$. On the other hand, $(X_A,σ_A)$ determines a groupoid $\mathcal{G}_A$ together with a certain homomorphism $ε_A$ on $\mathcal{G}_A$. We show that this data completely characterizes the one-sided conjugacy class of $X_A$. This strengthens a result of Cuntz and Krieger. We also exhibit an example of two irreducible shifts of finite type which are eventually conjugate b…
We consider $C^*$-algebra $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$, which is a $q$-twist of two Cuntz-Toeplitz algebras. For the case $|q|<1$ we give an explicit formula, which untwists the $q$-deformation, thus showing that the isomorphism class of $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$ does not depend of $q$. For the case $|q|=1$ we give an explicit description of all ideals in $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$. In particular $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$ contains unique largest ideal $\mathcal{M}_q$. Then we identify $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q / \mathcal{M}_q$ with the Rieffel deformation of $\mathcal{O}_n \otimes \mathcal{O}_m$ and use a K-theoretica…
Given a $\mathbb{Z}$-graded ring $A$ and a subring $R\subseteq A$, it is natural to ask whether $A$ can be realised as the Cuntz-Pimsner ring of some $R$-system. In this paper, we derive sufficient conditions on $A$ and $R$ for this to be the case. As an application, we give conditions under which the Steinberg algebra $A_K(\mathcal{G})$ associated to a $\mathbb{Z}$-graded groupoid $\mathcal{G}=\sqcup_{n\in \mathbb{Z}} \mathcal{G}_n$ can be realised as the Cuntz-Pimsner ring of an $A_K(\mathcal{G}_0)$-system.
In this article we study how decompositions of a quasi-lattice ordered group $(G,P)$ relate to decompositions of the Nica-Toeplitz algebra $\mathcal{NT}_\mathbf{X}$ and Cuntz-Nica-Pimsner algebra $\mathcal{NO}_\mathbf{X}$ of a compactly aligned product system $\mathbf{X}$ over $P$. In particular, we are interested in the situation where $(G,P)$ may be realised as the semidirect product of quasi-lattice ordered groups. Our results generalise Deaconu's work on iterated Toeplitz and Cuntz-Pimsner algebras - we show that the Nica-Toeplitz algebra and Cuntz-Nica-Pimsner algebra of a compactly align…
We investigate the relationship between endomorphisms of the Cuntz algebra ${\mathcal O}_2$ and endomorphisms of the Thompson groups $F$, $T$ and $V$ represented inside the unitary group of ${\mathcal O}_2$. For an endomorphism $λ_u$ of ${\mathcal O}_2$, we show that $λ_u(V)\subseteq V$ if and only if $u\in V$. If $λ_u$ is an automorphism of ${\mathcal O}_2$ then $u\in V$ is equivalent to $λ_u(F)\subseteq V$. Our investigations are facilitated by introduction of the concept of modestly scaling endomorphism of ${\mathcal O}_n$, whose properties and examples are investigated.
For $p \in [1, \infty),$ we define and study full and reduced crossed products of algebras of operators on $σ$-finite $L^p$ spaces by isometric actions of second countable locally compact groups. We give universal properties for both crossed products. When the group is abelian, we prove the existence of a dual action on the full and reduced $L^p$ operator crossed products. When the group is discrete, we construct a conditional expectation to the original algebra which is faithful in a suitable sense. For a free action of a discrete group on a compact metric space $X,$ we identify all traces on…
In this paper, we apply the theory of inverse semigroups to the $C^{*}$-algebra $U[\mathbb{Z}]$ considered in \cite{Cuntz}. We show that the $C^{*}$-algebra $U[\mathbb{Z}]$ is generated by an inverse semigroup of partial isometries. We explicity identify the groupoid $\mathcal{G}_{tight}$ associated to the inverse semigroup and show that $\mathcal{G}_{tight}$ is exactly the same groupoid obtained in \cite{Cuntz-Li}.
We investigate the structure of the automorphism of $\mathcal{O}_{2}$ which exchanges the two canonical isometries. Our main observation is that the fixed point C*-subalgebra for this action is isomorphic to $\mathcal{O}_{2}$ and we detail the relationship between the crossed-product and fixed point subalgebra.
Let $P$ be a completely positive map on $M_n(\mathbb{C})$ and let $E_P$ be the associated \emph{GNS}-$C^*$-correspondence. We prove a result that implies, in particular, that the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra of $E_P$, $\mathcal{O}(E_P)$, is strongly Morita equivalent to the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_{d(P)}$, where $d(P)$ is the index of $P$.
A subset $\mathcal{G}$ generating a $C^*$-algebra $A$ is said to be hyperrigid if for every faithful nondegenerate $*$-representation $A\subseteq B(H)$ and a sequence $ϕ_n:B(H) \to B(H)$ of unital completely positive maps, we have that \[ \lim_{n\to\infty}ϕ_n(g)= g~~\text{for all } g\in \mathcal{G} ~~ \implies ~~ \lim_{n\to\infty}ϕ_n(a)= a~~\text{for all } a\in A \] where all convergence are in norm. In this paper, we show that for the Cuntz-Krieger algebra $\mathcal{O}(G)$ associated to a row-finite directed graph $G$ with no isolated vertices, the set of partial isometries $\mathcal{E}=\{S_e…
We consider the $C^*$-algebra $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$, which is a $q$-twist of two Cuntz-Toeplitz algebras. For the case $|q|<1$, we give an explicit formula which untwists the $q$-deformation showing that the isomorphism class of $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$ does not depend on $q$. For the case $|q|=1$, we give an explicit description of all ideals in $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$. In particular, we show that $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q$ contains a unique largest ideal $\mathcal{M}_q$. We identify $\mathcal{E}_{n,m}^q / \mathcal{M}_q$ with the Rieffel deformation of $\mathcal{O}_n \otimes \mathcal{O}_m$ and use a K-…
We give an elementary characterization of those (abelian) semigroups $M$ that are direct limits of countable sequences of finite direct products of monoids of the form $C\cup\{0\}$ for monogenic groups $C$. This characterization involves the Riesz refinement property together with lattice-theoretical properties of the collection of subgroups of $M$, and it makes it possible to express $M$ as a certain submonoid of a direct product $S\times G$, where $S$ is a distributive semilattice with zero and $G$ is an abelian group. When applied to the monoids $V(A)$ appearing in the nonstable K-theory of…
Given a contractive tuple of Hilbert space operators satisfying certain $A$-relations we show that there exists a unique minimal dilation to generators of Cuntz-Krieger algebras or its extension by compact operators. This Cuntz-Krieger dilation can be obtained from the classical minimal isometric dilation as a certain maximal $A$-relation piece. We define a maximal piece more generally for a finite set of polynomials in $n$ noncommuting variables. We classify all representations of Cuntz-Krieger algebras ${\mathcal O}_A$ obtained from dilations of commuting tuples satisfying $A$-relations. The…
Let $n\ge 2$, let $\mathcal{R}_n$ be the graph consisting of one vertex and $n$ loops and let $\mathcal{R}_{n^-}$ be its Cuntz splice. Let $L_n=L(\mathcal{R}_n)$ and $L_{n^-}=L(\mathcal{R}_{n^-})$ be the Leavitt path algebras over a unital ring $\ell$. Let $C_m$ be the cyclic group on $2\le m\le \infty$ elements. Equip $L_n$ and $L_{n^-}$ with their natural $C_m$-gradings. We show that under mild conditions on $\ell$, which are satisfied for example when $\ell$ is a field or a PID, there are no unital $C_m$-graded ring homomorphisms $L_n\to L_{n^-}$ nor in the opposite direction.
For a C$^*$-algebra $A$, it is an important problem to determine the Cuntz semigroup $\mathrm{Cu}(A\otimes\mathcal{Z})$ in terms of $\mathrm{Cu}(A)$. We approach this problem from the point of view of semigroup tensor products in the category of abstract Cuntz semigroups, by analysing the passage of significant properties from $\mathrm{Cu}(A)$ to $\mathrm{Cu}(A)\otimes_\mathrm{Cu}\mathrm{Cu}(\mathcal{Z})$. We describe the effect of the natural map $\mathrm{Cu}(A)\to\mathrm{Cu}(A)\otimes_\mathrm{Cu}\mathrm{Cu}(\mathcal{Z})$ in the order of $\mathrm{Cu}(A)$, and show that, if $A$ has real rank z…
We give a detailed introduction to the theory of Cuntz semigroups for C*-algebras. Beginning with the most basic definitions and technical lemmas, we present several results of historical importance, such as Cuntz's theorem on the existence of quasitraces, Rørdam's proof that $\mathcal{Z}$-stability implies strict comparison, and Toms' example of a non $\mathcal{Z}$-stable simple, nuclear C*-algebra. We also give the reader an extensive overview of the state of the art and the modern approach to the theory, including the recent results for C*-algebras of stable rank one (for example, the Black…
Suppose $A$ is a $C^*$-algebra and $H$ is a $C^*$-correspondence over $A$. If $H$ is regular in the sense that the left action of $A$ is faithful and is given by compact operators, then we compute the $K$-theory of $\mathcal{O}_A(H) \rtimes \mathbb{T}$ where the action is the usual gauge action. The case where $A$ is an AF-algebra is carefully analyzed. In particular, if $A$ is AF, we show $\mathcal{O}_A(H) \rtimes \mathbb{T}$ is AF. Combining this with Takai duality and an AF-embedding theorem of N. Brown, we show the conditions AF-embeddability, quasidiagonality, and stable finiteness are eq…
Unifying two notions of an action and coaction of a locally compact group on a $C^*$-cor\-re\-spond\-ence we introduce a coaction $(σ,δ)$ of a Hopf $C^*$-algebra $S$ on a $C^*$-cor\-re\-spond\-ence $(X,A)$. We show that this coaction naturally induces a coaction $ζ$ of $S$ on the associated Cuntz-Pimsner algebra $\mathcal{O}_X$ under the weak $δ$-invariancy for the ideal $J_X$. When the Hopf $C^*$-algebra $S$ is defined by a well-behaved multiplicative unitary, we construct a $C^*$-cor\-re\-spond\-ence $(X\rtimes_σ\widehat{S},A\rtimes_δ\widehat{S})$ from $(σ,δ)$ and show that it has a represen…
Let ${\rm Rep}\,{\cal O}_n$ denote the category of all nondegenerate $^*$ representations of the Cuntz algebra ${\cal O}_n$. For any $2\leq n,m<\infty$, we construct an isomorphism functor $F_{n,m}$ from ${\rm Rep}\,{\cal O}_m$ to ${\rm Rep}\,{\cal O}_n$.
Every representation of the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_n$ leads to a unitary representation of the Higman-Thompson group $V_n$. We consider the family $\{π_x\}_{x\in [0,1[}$ of permutative representations of $\mathcal{O}_n$ that arise from the interval map $f(x)=nx$ (mod 1) acting on the Hilbert space that underlies each orbit, and then study the unitary equivalence and the irreducibility of the corresponding family $\{ρ_x\}_{x\in [0,1[}$ of representations of Higman-Thompson group $V_n$, showing that that these representations are indeed irreducible and moreover $ρ_x$ and $ρ_y$ are equivalent…
We examine splitting of the quotient map from the full free product $A*B$, or the unital free product $A*_{\mathbb C}B$, to the (maximal) tensor product $A\otimes B$, for unital C*-algebras $A$ and $B$. Such a splitting is very rare, but we show there is one if $A$ and $B$ are both the Cuntz algebra $O_2$ or $O_\infty$, and in a few other cases. The splitting is not explicit (and in principle probably cannot be). We also describe severe $K$-theoretic obstructions to a splitting.
We provide an abstract categorical framework that relates the Cuntz semigroups of the C$^*$-algebras $A$ and $A\otimes \mathcal{K}$. This is done through a certain completion of ordered monoids by adding suprema of countable ascending sequences. Our construction is rather explicit and we show it is functorial and unique up to isomorphism. This approach is used in some applications to compute the stabilized Cuntz semigroup of certain C$^*$-algebras.