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$C^\ast$-algebras from Anzai flows and their $K$-groups

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We study the CC^{*}-algebra An,θ\mathcal{A}_{n,\theta} generated by the Anzai flow on the nn-dimensional torus Tn\mathbb{T}^n. It is proved that this algebra is a simple quotient of the group CC^{*}-algebra of a lattice subgroup Dn\mathfrak{D}_n of a (n+2)(n+2)-dimensional connected simply connected nilpotent Lie group FnF_n whose corresponding Lie algebra is the generic filiform Lie algebra fn\mathfrak{f}_{n}. Other simple infinite dimensional quotients of C(Dn)C^{*}(\mathfrak{D}_n) are also characterized and represented as matrix algebras over simple affine Furstenberg transformation group CC^*-algebras of the lower dimensional tori. The KK-groups of the An,θ\mathcal{A}_{n,\theta} and other simple quotients of C(Dn)C^{*}(\mathfrak{D}_n) are studied, the Pimsner-Voiculescu 6-term exact sequence being a useful tool. The rank of the KK-groups of An,θ\mathcal{A}_{n,\theta} is studied as explicitly as possible, and is proved to be the same as for more general transformation group CC^*-algebras of Tn\mathbb{T}^n including the Furstenberg transformation group \text{CC^*-algebras} AFf,θA_{F_{f,\theta}}. An error (about these KK-groups) in the literature is addressed.

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@article{arxiv.math/0311425,
  title  = {$C^\ast$-algebras from Anzai flows and their $K$-groups},
  author = {Kamran Reihani and Paul Milnes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0311425},
  year   = {2007}
}

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