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The Elliott conjecture for Villadsen algebras of the first type

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We study the class of simple C*-algebras introduced by Villadsen in his pioneering work on perforated ordered K-theory. We establish six equivalent characterisations of the proper subclass which satisfies the strong form of Elliott's classification conjecture: two C*-algebraic (Z-stability and approximate divisibility), one K-theoretic (strict comparison of positive elements), and three topological (finite decomposition rank, slow dimension growth, and bounded dimension growth). The equivalence of Z-stability and strict comparison constitutes a stably finite version of Kirchberg's characterisation of purely infinite C*-algebras. The other equivalences confirm, for Villadsen's algebras, heretofore conjectural relationships between various notions of good behaviour for nuclear C*-algebras.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611059,
  title  = {The Elliott conjecture for Villadsen algebras of the first type},
  author = {Andrew S. Toms and Wilhelm Winter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611059},
  year   = {2007}
}

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25 pages