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Groupoids viewed as inverse semigroups

Operator Algebras 2016-05-02 v1 Category Theory

Abstract

A simple observation, showing that every groupoid becomes an inverse semigroup after adding one element. In such inverse semigroups all idempotents are mutually orthogonal. This fact implies that every C*-algebra of a discrete groupoid is a C*-algebra of an inverse semigroup.

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@article{arxiv.1604.08585,
  title  = {Groupoids viewed as inverse semigroups},
  author = {Marat Aukhadiev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.08585},
  year   = {2016}
}

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