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Graph inverse semigroups: their characterization and completion

Category Theory 2013-08-14 v2

Abstract

Graph inverse semigroups generalize the polycyclic inverse monoids and play an important role in the theory of C*-algebras. This paper has two main goals: first, to provide an abstract characterization of graph inverse semigroups; and second, to show how they may be completed, under suitable conditions, to form what we call the Cuntz-Krieger semigroup of the graph. This semigroup is the ample semigroup of a topological groupoid associated with the graph, and the semigroup analogue of the Leavitt path algebra of the graph.

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@article{arxiv.1106.3644,
  title  = {Graph inverse semigroups: their characterization and completion},
  author = {David G. Jones and Mark V. Lawson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3644},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Some minor corrections made and tangential material removed

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