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A uniqueness theorem for twisted groupoid C*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2022-06-06 v3

Abstract

We present a uniqueness theorem for the reduced C*-algebra of a twist E\mathcal{E} over a Hausdorff \'etale groupoid G\mathcal{G}. We show that the interior IE\mathcal{I}^\mathcal{E} of the isotropy of E\mathcal{E} is a twist over the interior IG\mathcal{I}^\mathcal{G} of the isotropy of G\mathcal{G}, and that the reduced twisted groupoid C*-algebra Cr(IG;IE)C_r^*(\mathcal{I}^\mathcal{G}; \mathcal{I}^\mathcal{E}) embeds in Cr(G;E)C_r^*(\mathcal{G}; \mathcal{E}). We also investigate the full and reduced twisted C*-algebras of the isotropy groups of G\mathcal{G}, and we provide a sufficient condition under which states of (not necessarily unital) C*-algebras have unique state extensions. We use these results to prove our uniqueness theorem, which states that a C*-homomorphism of Cr(G;E)C_r^*(\mathcal{G}; \mathcal{E}) is injective if and only if its restriction to Cr(IG;IE)C_r^*(\mathcal{I}^\mathcal{G}; \mathcal{I}^\mathcal{E}) is injective. We also show that if G\mathcal{G} is effective, then Cr(G;E)C_r^*(\mathcal{G}; \mathcal{E}) is simple if and only if G\mathcal{G} is minimal.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2103.03063,
  title  = {A uniqueness theorem for twisted groupoid C*-algebras},
  author = {Becky Armstrong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.03063},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

26 pages. This version matches the version in the Journal of Functional Analysis. The author would like to thank the anonymous referee for their careful reading and helpful suggestions

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