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Dense subalgebras of purely infinite simple groupoid C*-algebras

Part of: Rings and algebras arising under various constructions Selfadjoint operator algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2020

Jonathan H. Brown ,
Lisa Orloff Clark  and
Astrid an Huef
Jonathan H. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH45469-2316, USA (jonathan.henry.brown@gmail.com)
Lisa Orloff Clark
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington6140, New Zealand (lisa.clark@vuw.ac.nz; astrid.anhuef@vuw.ac.nz)
Astrid an Huef
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington6140, New Zealand (lisa.clark@vuw.ac.nz; astrid.anhuef@vuw.ac.nz)
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Abstract

A simple Steinberg algebra associated to an ample Hausdorff groupoid G is algebraically purely infinite if and only if the characteristic functions of compact open subsets of the unit space are infinite idempotents. If a simple Steinberg algebra is algebraically purely infinite, then the reduced groupoid $C^*$-algebra $C^*_r(G)$ is simple and purely infinite. But the Steinberg algebra seems too small for the converse to hold. For this purpose we introduce an intermediate *-algebra B(G) constructed using corners $1_U C^*_r(G) 1_U$ for all compact open subsets U of the unit space of the groupoid. We then show that if G is minimal and effective, then B(G) is algebraically properly infinite if and only if $C^*_r(G)$ is purely infinite simple. We apply our results to the algebras of higher-rank graphs.

Keywords

purely infinite ringpurely infinite $C^*$-algebraample groupoidSteinberg algebraKumjian–Pask algebrainfinite projectioninfinite idempotent

MSC classification

Primary: 46L05: General theory of $C^*$-algebras
Secondary: 16S60: Rings of functions, subdirect products, sheaves of rings
Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , August 2020 , pp. 609 - 629
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2020

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