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Z-stability of twisted group C*-algebras of nilpotent groups

Operator Algebras 2026-05-20 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We prove that the twisted group C*-algebra of a finitely generated nilpotent group is Z\mathcal{Z}-stable if and only if it is nowhere scattered, a condition that we characterize in terms of the given group and 2-cocycle. As a main application, we prove new converses to the Balian-Low Theorem for projective, square-integrable representations of nilpotent Lie groups.

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@article{arxiv.2503.18088,
  title  = {Z-stability of twisted group C*-algebras of nilpotent groups},
  author = {Ulrik Enstad and Eduard Vilalta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18088},
  year   = {2026}
}

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