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Steinberg Algebras of Ample Semicategories and their Boolean-Cartan Restriction Semigroups

Rings and Algebras 2026-06-29 v1 Category Theory

Abstract

We extend the construction of Steinberg algebras of ample groupoids to \'etale semicategories. We also relate ample semicategories to Boolean restriction semigroups via a representation result extending previously known results for categories. Furthermore, we prove a reconstruction result which characterises an abstract algebra AA with a certain Cartan-like restriction subsemigroup BB (subject to conditions resembling those defining quasi-Cartan pairs) as the Steinberg algebra of the ultrafilter groupoid of BB. In this way we obtain a twist-free extension of previous Steinberg algebra reconstruction results.

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@article{arxiv.2606.30198,
  title  = {Steinberg Algebras of Ample Semicategories and their Boolean-Cartan Restriction Semigroups},
  author = {Tristan Bice and Malcolm Jones and Ganna Kudryavtseva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.30198},
  year   = {2026}
}