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C*-simplicity of relative profinite completions of generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups

Operator Algebras 2022-01-28 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Suzuki recently gave constructions of non-discrete examples of locally compact C*-simple groups and Raum showed C*-simplicity of the relative profinite completions of the Baumslag-Solitar groups by using Suzuki's results. We extend this result to some fundamental groups of graphs of groups called generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups. In this article, we focus on some sufficient condition to show that these locally compact groups are C*-simple and that KMS-weights of these reduced group C*-algebras are unique. This condition is an analogue of the Powers averaging property of discrete groups and holds for several currently known constructions of non-discrete C*-simple groups.

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@article{arxiv.2201.11347,
  title  = {C*-simplicity of relative profinite completions of generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups},
  author = {Miho Mukohara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11347},
  year   = {2022}
}