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Type semigroups for twisted groupoids and a dichotomy for groupoid C*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2025-03-28 v2

Abstract

We develop a theory of type semigroups for arbitrary twisted, not necessarily Hausdorff \'etale groupoids. The type semigroup is a dynamical version of the Cuntz semigroup. We relate it to traces, ideals, pure infiniteness, and stable finiteness of the reduced and essential C*-algebras. If the reduced C*-algebra of a twisted groupoid is simple and the type semigroup satisfies a weak version of almost unperforation, then the C*-algebra is either stably finite or purely infinite. We apply our theory to Cartan inclusions. We calculate the type semigroup for the possibly non-Hausdorff groupoids associated to self-similar group actions on graphs and deduce a dichotomy for the resulting Exel-Pardo algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2502.17190,
  title  = {Type semigroups for twisted groupoids and a dichotomy for groupoid C*-algebras},
  author = {Bartosz K. Kwaśniewski and Ralf Meyer and Akshara Prasad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17190},
  year   = {2025}
}

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54 pages; small changes based on comments by readers

R2 v1 2026-06-28T21:55:34.240Z