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Sylvester matrix rank functions on crossed products

Part of: Homological methods Modules, bimodules and ideals Ergodic theory Rings and algebras arising under various constructions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2019

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PERE ARA
Affiliation:
Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain email para@mat.uab.cat, jclaramunt@mat.uab.cat
JOAN CLARAMUNT
Affiliation:
Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain email para@mat.uab.cat, jclaramunt@mat.uab.cat
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Abstract

In this paper we consider the algebraic crossed product ${\mathcal{A}}:=C_{K}(X)\rtimes _{T}\mathbb{Z}$ induced by a homeomorphism $T$ on the Cantor set $X$, where $K$ is an arbitrary field with involution and $C_{K}(X)$ denotes the $K$-algebra of locally constant $K$-valued functions on $X$. We investigate the possible Sylvester matrix rank functions that one can construct on ${\mathcal{A}}$ by means of full ergodic $T$-invariant probability measures $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$ on $X$. To do so, we present a general construction of an approximating sequence of $\ast$-subalgebras ${\mathcal{A}}_{n}$ which are embeddable into a (possibly infinite) product of matrix algebras over $K$. This enables us to obtain a specific embedding of the whole $\ast$-algebra ${\mathcal{A}}$ into ${\mathcal{M}}_{K}$, the well-known von Neumann continuous factor over $K$, thus obtaining a Sylvester matrix rank function on ${\mathcal{A}}$ by restricting the unique one defined on ${\mathcal{M}}_{K}$. This process gives a way to obtain a Sylvester matrix rank function on ${\mathcal{A}}$, unique with respect to a certain compatibility property concerning the measure $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$, namely that the rank of a characteristic function of a clopen subset $U\subseteq X$ must equal the measure of $U$.

Keywords

rank functioncrossed productvon Neumann regular ringcompletion

MSC classification

Primary: 16E50: von Neumann regular rings and generalizations
Secondary: 16S35: Twisted and skew group rings, crossed products 37A05: Measure-preserving transformations 16D70: Structure and classification (except as in ), direct sum decomposition, cancellation
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 40 , Issue 11 , November 2020 , pp. 2913 - 2946
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