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Stable rank of $\mathrm{C}(X)\rtimes\Gamma$

Operator Algebras 2023-07-18 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

It is shown that, for an arbitrary free and minimal Zn\mathbb Z^n-action on a compact Hausdorff space XX, the crossed product C*-algebra C(X)Zn\mathrm{C}(X)\rtimes\mathbb Z^n always has stable rank one, i.e., invertible elements are dense. This generalizes a result of Alboiu and Lutley on Z\mathbb Z-actions. In fact, for any free and minimal topological dynamical system (X,Γ)(X, \Gamma), where Γ\Gamma is a countable discrete amenable group, if it has the uniform Rokhlin property and Cuntz comparison of open sets, then the crossed product C*-algebra C(X)Γ\mathrm{C}(X)\rtimes\Gamma has stable rank one. Moreover, in this case, the C*-algebra C(X)Γ\mathrm{C}(X)\rtimes\Gamma absorbs the Jiang-Su algebra tensorially if, and only if, it has strict comparison of positive elements.

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@article{arxiv.2008.03361,
  title  = {Stable rank of $\mathrm{C}(X)\rtimes\Gamma$},
  author = {Chun Guang Li and Zhuang Niu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.03361},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

The previous version is revised, and an error in the proof of Lemma 7.2 is fixed

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