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Remarks on anomalous symmetries of C*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2021-10-27 v4 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

For a group GG and ωZ3(G,U(1))\omega\in Z^{3}(G, \text{U}(1)), an ω\omega-anomalous action on a C*-algebra BB is a U(1)\text{U}(1)-linear monoidal functor between 2-groups 2-Gr(G,U(1),ω)Aut(B)\text{2-Gr}(G, \text{U}(1), \omega)\rightarrow \underline{\text{Aut}}(B), where the latter denotes the 2-group of *-automorphisms of BB. The class [ω]H3(G,U(1))[\omega]\in H^{3}(G, \text{U}(1)) is called the anomaly of the action. We show for every n2n\ge 2 and every finite group GG, every anomaly can be realized on the stabilization of a commutative C*-algebra C(M)KC(M)\otimes \mathcal{K} for some closed connected nn-manifold MM. We also show that although there are no anomalous symmetries of Roe C*-algebras of coarse spaces, for every finite group GG, every anomaly can be realized on the Roe corona C(X)/KC^{*}(X)/\mathcal{K} of some bounded geometry metric space XX with property AA.

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@article{arxiv.2011.13898,
  title  = {Remarks on anomalous symmetries of C*-algebras},
  author = {Corey Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13898},
  year   = {2021}
}