Let $X$ be an infinite compact metric space and let $h$ be a minimal homeomorphism of $X$. We prove that the radius of comparison of the transformation group C*-algebra of $h$ is at most $1$ plus $36$ times the mean dimension of $h$.
The Lefschetz fixed point theorem provides a powerful obstruction to the existence of minimal homeomorphisms on well-behaved spaces such as finite CW-complexes. We show that these obstructions do not hold for more general spaces. More precisely, minimal homeomorphisms are constructed on space with prescribed $K$-theory or cohomology. We also allow for some control of the map on $K$-theory and cohomology induced from these minimal homeomorphisms. This allows for the construction of many minimal homeomorphisms that are not homotopic to the identity. Applications to $C^*$-algebras will be discuss…
Let X be an infinite compact metric space with finite covering dimension. Let $\afhpa,\bt: X\to X$ be two minimal homeomorphisms. Suppose that the range of $K_0$-groups of both crossed product C*-algebras s are dense in the space of real affine continuous functions. We show that $\af$ and $\bt$ are approximately conjugate uniformly in measure if and only if they have affine homeomorphic invariant probability measure spaces.
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.
The principal aim of this paper is to give a dynamical presentation of the Jiang-Su algebra. Originally constructed as an inductive limit of prime dimension drop algebras, the Jiang-Su algebra has gone from being a poorly understood oddity to having a prominent positive role in George Elliott's classification programme for separable, nuclear C*-algebras. Here, we exhibit an etale equivalence relation whose groupoid C*-algebra is isomorphic to the Jiang-Su algebra. The main ingredient is the construction of minimal homeomorphisms on infinite, compact metric spaces, each having the same cohomolo…
We introduce a subclass of recursive subhomogeneous algebras, in which each of the pullback maps is diagonal in a suitable sense. We define the notion of a diagonal map between two such algebras and show that every simple inductive limit of these algebras with diagonal bonding maps has stable rank one. As an application, we prove that for any infinite compact metric space $T$ and minimal homeomorphism $h\colon T\to T$, the associated dynamical crossed product $\mathrm{C^*}(\mathbb{Z},T,h)$ has stable rank one. This affirms a conjecture of Archey, Niu, and Phillips. We also show that the Toms-W…
Let X be an infinite, compact, metrizable space of finite covering dimension and h a minimal homeomorphism of X. We prove that the crossed product of C(X) by h absorbs the Jiang-Su algebra tensorially and has finite nuclear dimension. As a consequence, these algebras are determined up to isomorphism by their graded ordered K-theory under the necessary condition that their projections separate traces. This result applies, in particular, to those crossed products arising from uniquely ergodic homeomorphisms.
Let X be an infinite compact metric space with finite covering dimension and let h be a minimal homeomorphism of X. Let A be the associated crossed product C*-algebra. We show that A has tracial rank zero whenever the image of K_0 (A) in the affine functions on the tracial state space of A is dense. As a consequence, we show that these crossed product C*-algebras are in fact simple AH algebras with real rank zero. When X is connected and h is further assumed to be uniquely ergodic, then the above happens if and only if the rotation number associated to h has irrational values. By applying the …
In this paper we study Cuntz--Pimsner algebras associated to $\mathrm{C}^*$-correspondences over commutative $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebras from the point of view of the $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebra classification programme. We show that when the correspondence comes from an aperiodic homeomorphism of a finite-dimensional infinite compact metric space $X$ twisted by a vector bundle, the resulting Cuntz--Pimsner algebras have finite nuclear dimension. When the homeomorphism is minimal, this entails classification of these $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebras by the Elliott invariant. This establishes a dichotomy: when t…
We define centrally large subalgebras of simple unital C*-algebras, strengthening the definition of large subalgebras in previous work. We prove that if A is any infinite dimensional simple separable unital C*-algebra which contains a centrally large subalgebra with stable rank one, then A has stable rank one. We also prove that large subalgebras of crossed product type are automatically centrally large. We use these results to prove that if X is a compact metric space which has a surjective continuous map to the Cantor set, and h is a minimal homeomorphism of X, then C* (Z, X, h) has stable r…
Let $β: S^{2n+1}\to S^{2n+1}$ be a minimal homeomorphism ($n\ge 1$). We show that the crossed product $C(S^{2n+1})\rtimes_β \Z$ has rational tracial rank at most one. More generally, let $Ω$ be a connected compact metric space with finite covering dimension and with $H^1(Ω, \Z)=\{0\}.$ Suppose that $K_i(C(Ω))=\Z\oplus G_i$ for some finite abelian group $G_i,$ $i=0,1.$ Let $β: Ω\toΩ$ be a minimal homeomorphism. We also show that $A=C(Ω)\rtimes_β\Z$ has rational tracial rank at most one and is classifiable. In particular, this applies to the minimal dynamical systems on odd dimensional real proj…
Let $X$ be the Cantor set and $ϕ$ be a minimal homeomorphism on $X\times\T$. We show that the crossed product $C^*$-algebra $C^*(X\times\T,ϕ)$ is a simple $A\T$-algebra provided that the associated cocycle takes its values in rotations on $\T$. Given two minimal systems $(X\times\T,ϕ)$ and $(Y\times\T,ψ)$ such that $ϕ$ and $ψ$ arise from cocycles with values in isometric homeomorphisms on $\T$, we show that two systems are approximately $K$-conjugate when they have the same $K$-theoretical information.
We study the existence of minimal dynamical systems, their orbit and minimal orbit-breaking equivalence relations, and their applications to C*-algebras and K-theory. We show that given any finite CW-complex there exists a space with the same K-theory and cohomology that admits a minimal homeomorphism. The proof relies on the existence of homeomorphisms on point-like spaces constructed by the authors in previous work, together with existence results for skew product systems due to Glasner and Weiss. To any minimal dynamical system one can associate minimal equivalence relations by breaking orb…
Let $X$ be an infinite compact metric space with finite covering dimension and let $α, β: X\to X$ be two minimal homeomorphisms. We prove that the crossed product $C^*$-algebras $C(X)\rtimes_α\Z$ and $C(X)\rtimes_\belta\Z$ are isomorphic if and only if they have isomorphic Elliott invariant. In a more general setting, we show that if $X$ is an infinite compact metric space and if $α: X\to X$ is a minimal homeomorphism such that $(X, α)$ has mean dimension zero, then the tensor product of the crossed product with a UHF-algebra of infinite type has generalized tracial rank at most one. This impl…
It is introduced an analogue of the orbit-breaking subalgebra for the case of free flows on locally compact metric spaces, which has a natural approximate structure in terms of a fixed point and any nested sequence of central slices around this point. It is shown that in the case of minimal flows admitting a compact Cantor central slice, the resulting $C^*$-algebra is the stabilization of the Putnam orbit-breaking subalgebra associated to the induced homeomorphism on the central slice.
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 th…
We introduce a type of zero-dimensional dynamical system (a pair consisting of a totally disconnected compact metrizable space along with a homeomorphism of that space), which we call "fiberwise essentially minimal", and we prove that the associated crossed product $ C^* $-algebra of such a system is an AT-algebra. Under the additional assumption that the system has no periodic points, we prove that the associated crossed product $ C^* $-algebra has real rank zero, which tells us that such $ C^* $-algebras are classifiable by $ K $-theory. We show that the definition of fiberwise essentially m…
For $C^*$-algebras $A_1, A_2$ the map $(I_1,I_2)\to ker(q_{I_1}\otimes q_{I_2})$ from $Id^{\prime}(A_1)\times Id^{\prime}(A_2)$ into $Id^{\prime}(A_1\otimes_{\mathrm{min}} A_2) is a homeomorphism onto its image which is dense in the range. Here, for a $C^*$-algebra $A$, the space of all proper closed two sided ideals endowed with an adequate topology is denoted $Id^{\prime}(A)$ and $q_I$ is the quotient map of $A$ onto $A/I$. New proofs of the equivalence of the property (F) of Tomiyama for $A_1\otimes_{\mathrm{min}} A_2$ with certain other properties are presented.