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We construct uncountably many mutually nonisomorphic simple separable stably finite unital exact C$^\ast$-algebras which are not isomorphic to their opposite algebras. In particular, we prove that there are uncountably many possibilities…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-02-14 N. Christopher Phillips , Maria Grazia Viola

Let $G$ be an acylindrically hyperbolic group. We prove that if $G$ has no non-trivial finite normal subgroups, then the set of invertible elements is dense in the reduced $C^\ast$-algebra of $G$. The same result is obtained for finite…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-05-21 M. Gerasimova , D. Osin

We provide new examples of $\mathrm{C}^*$-selfless groups and inclusions. In particular, we prove that the commensurator group ${\rm Comm}(H)$ of a torsion-free hyperbolic group $H$ is $\mathrm{C}^*$-selfless. Our approach involves showing…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Aaratrick Basu , Felipe Flores

Let $\Gamma$ be a countable discrete group. We say that $\Gamma$ has $C^*$-invariant subalgebra rigidity (ISR) property if every $\Gamma$-invariant $C^*$-subalgebra $\mathcal{A}\le C_r^*(\Gamma)$ is of the form $C_r^*(N)$ for some normal…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Tattwamasi Amrutam , Yongle Jiang

We give an example of an exact, stably finite, simple. separable C*-algebra D which is not isomorphic to its opposite algebra. Moreover, D has the following additional properties. It is stably finite, approximately divisible, has real rank…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2014-01-22 N. Christopher Phillips , Maria Grazia Viola

The purpose of this note is to prove two results. First, we observe that discrete groups with property $\mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{PHP}}$ in the sense of Ozawa give rise to completely selfless reduced twisted group $\mathrm{C}^\ast$-algebras,…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Felipe Flores , Mario Klisse , Mícheál Ó Cobhthaigh , Matteo Pagliero

We prove that the twisted group C*-algebra of a finitely generated nilpotent group is $\mathcal{Z}$-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…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Ulrik Enstad , Eduard Vilalta

We investigate when discrete, amenable groups have $C^*$-algebras of real rank zero. While it is known that this happens when the group is locally finite, the converse in an open problem. We show that if $C^*(G)$ has real rank zero, then…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Iason Moutzouris

We characterize relatively hyperbolic groups whose reduced $C^*$-algebra is simple as those, which have no non-trivial finite normal subgroups.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-09 G. Arzhantseva , A. Minasyan

We study the link between stably finiteness and stably projectionless-ness for $C^*$-algebras of solvable Lie groups. We show that these two properties are equivalent if the dimension of the group is not divisible by $4$; otherwise, they…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2023-03-27 Ingrid Beltita , Daniel Beltita

We prove that the pure state space is homogeneous under the action of the automorphism group (or a certain smaller group of approximately inner automorphisms) for a fairly large class of simple separable nuclear C*-algebras, including the…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 H. Futamura , N. Kataoka , A. Kishimoto

Suppose that A is a C*-algebra for which A is isomorphic to A tensor Z, where Z is the Jiang-Su algebra: a unital, simple, stably finite, separable, nuclear, infinite dimensional C*-algebra with the same Elliott invariant as the complex…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2010-11-24 Mikael Rordam

We study the finite versus infinite nature of C*-algebras arising from etale groupoids. For an ample groupoid G, we relate infiniteness of the reduced C*-algebra of G to notions of paradoxicality of a K-theoretic flavor. We construct a…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2017-08-03 Timothy Rainone , Aidan Sims

Examples of simple, separable, unital, purely infinite $C^*$--algebras are constructed, including: (1) some that are not approximately divisible; (2) those that arise as crossed products of any of a certain class of $C^*$--algebras by any…

funct-an · Mathematics 2016-08-31 Kenneth J. Dykema , Mikael Rordam

We demonstrate that pure C*-algebras form a robust class by proving that pureness follows from very weak comparison and divisibility properties. Using this, we show that every simple, non-elementary C*-algebra with a unique quasitrace and…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Ramon Antoine , Francesc Perera , Hannes Thiel , Eduard Vilalta

We show the singular ideal in a non-Hausdorff \'etale groupoid C*-algebra is zero if and only if every unit is contained, at the level of group representation theory, in the collection of subgroups of the unit's isotropy group obtained as…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Jeremy B. Hume

We give an example of a simple separable C*-algebra which is not isomorphic to its opposite algebra. Our example is nonnuclear and stably finite, has real rank zero and stable rank one, and has a unique tracial state. It has trivial K_1,…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 N. Christopher Phillips

We show that every separable simple tracially approximately divisible $C^*$-algebra has strict comparison, is either purely infinite, or has stable rank one. As a consequence, we show that every (non-unital) finite simple ${\cal Z}$-stable…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Xuanlong Fu , Kang Li , Huaxin Lin

We show that a large family of groups without non-abelian free subgroups satisfy the following strengthening of non-amenability: they each have a rich supply of irreducible representations defining exotic C*-algebras. The construction is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-04 Maria Gerasimova , Nicolas Monod

We prove a uniqueness theorem and give a characterization of simplicity for Steinberg algebras associated to non-Hausdorff ample groupoids. We also prove a uniqueness theorem and give a characterization of simplicity for the C*-algebra…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2019-05-17 Lisa Orloff Clark , Ruy Exel , Enrique Pardo , Aidan Sims , Charles Starling