K-amenability for amalgamated free products of amenable discrete quantum groups

The basic notions and results of equivariant KK-theory concerning crossed products can be extended to the case of locally compact quantum groups. We recall these constructions and prove some useful properties of subgroups and amalgamated free products of discrete quantum groups. Using these properties and a quantum analogue of the Bass-Serre tree, we establish the K-amenability of amalgamated free products of amenable discrete quantum groups.     

Metrizable extensions of dynamical systems from function algebras

Peters and Pennings introduced and studied in [9] and [11] a kind of extensions of dynamical systems induced by certain C^*-algebras, which they calltame extensions. In this paper we study the behaviour of metrizable tame extensions when some of the most important dynamical concepts related to the metric (such as sources, sinks, saddles, the shadowing property and distallity) are considered. We will confirm that these extensions can be troublesome in this context. We show, however, that sources and sinks are preserved under certain conditions. Entrata in Redazione il 24 febbraio 1997. Research partially supported by Generalitat Valenciana, (2223/94).     

Quantum dynamical semigroups,symmetry groups,and locality

A survey of the recent work on the infinitesimal generators of one-parameter semigroups of positivity preserving maps on operator algebras, in the presence of compact symmetry groups or flows.     

The Rokhlin property and the tracial topological rank

Let A be a unital separable simple C∗-algebra  with TR(A)?1 and α be an automorphism. We show that if α satisfies the tracially cyclic Rokhlin property then . We also show that whenever A has a unique tracial state and α^m is uniformly outer for each m(≠0) and α^r is approximately inner for some r>0, α satisfies the tracial cyclic Rokhlin property. By applying the classification theory of nuclear C∗-algebras, we use the above result to prove a conjecture of Kishimoto: if A is a unital simple -algebra of real rank zero and α∈Aut(A) which is approximately inner and if α satisfies some Rokhlin property, then the crossed product is again an -algebra of real rank zero. As a by-product, we find that one can construct a large class of simple C∗-algebras with tracial rank one (and zero) from crossed products.     

Ergodic theorems for noncommutative dynamical systems

Recently, E.C. Lance extended the pointwise ergodic theorem to actions of the group of integers on von Neumann algebras. Our purpose is to extend other pointwise ergodic theorems to von Neumann algebra context: the Dunford-Schwartz-Zygmund pointwise ergodic theorem, the pointwise ergodic theorem for connected amenable locally compact groups, the Wiener's local ergodic theorem for ₊ ^d and for general Lie groups.     

Crossed products by finite group actions with certain tracial Rokhlin property

We introduce a special tracial Rokhlin property for unital C~*-algebras. Let A be a unital tracial rank zero C~*-algebra(or tracial rank no more than one C~*-algebra). Suppose that α : G → Aut(A) is an action of a finite group G on A, which has this special tracial Rokhlin property, and suppose that A is a α-simple C~*-algebra. Then, the crossed product C~*-algebra C~*(G, A, α) has tracia rank zero(or has tracial rank no more than one). In fact,we get a more general results.     

Simple infinite-dimensional quotients of the group C-algebras ofcertain discrete 6-dimensional nilpotent groups

We study here the simple infinite-dimensional quotients of the group C^*-algebras of two discrete6-dimensional nilpotent groups H_6,1 and H_6,2 as the higher-dimensional analogues of the irrational rotation algebras. P Milnes and S. Walters, jointly and individually, have studied the lower-dimensional cases in a series of papers, and also have started the study of some other 6-dimensional groups. For G = H_6,1 or H_6,2, we can determine the crossed product presentations for the simple quotients of C^* (G), and matrix representations for those arising from non-faithful representations of the groups. The isomorphism classifications of these quotients are obtained using K-theoretic tools, namely, the K-groups and the range of trace on K₀. This marks the first use of K-theory in the classification of quotients for 6-dimensional groups.     

Minimal dynamical systems on the product of the Cantor set and the circle II

Let X be the Cantor set and φ be a minimal homeomorphism on . We show that the crossed product C^*-algebra is a simple A -algebra provided that the associated cocycle takes its values in rotations on . Given two minimal systems and such that φ and ψ arise from cocycles with values in isometric homeomorphisms on , we show that two systems are approximately K-conjugate when they have the same K-theoretical information.     

On ergodic theorems for free group actions on noncommutative spaces

We extend in a noncommutative setting the individual ergodic theorem of Nevo and Stein concerning measure preserving actions of free groups and averages on spheres s_2n of even radius. Here we study state preserving actions of free groups on a von Neumann algebra A and the behaviour of (s_2n(x)) for x in noncommutative spaces L^p(A). For the Cesàro means this problem was solved by Walker. Our approach is based on ideas of Bufetov. We prove a noncommutative version of Rota ``Alternierende Verfahren' theorem. To this end, we introduce specific dilations of the powers of some noncommutative Markov operators.     

Fuglede-Kadison determinants and entropy for actions of discrete amenable groups

In 1990, Lind, Schmidt, and Ward gave a formula for the entropy of certain -dynamical systems attached to Laurent polynomials , in terms of the (logarithmic) Mahler measure of . We extend the expansive case of their result to the noncommutative setting where gets replaced by suitable discrete amenable groups. Generalizing the Mahler measure, Fuglede-Kadison determinants from the theory of group von Neumann algebras appear in the entropy formula.

     

Graph problems arising from parameter identification of discrete dynamical systems

This paper focuses on combinatorial feasibility and optimization problems that arise in the context of parameter identification of discrete dynamical systems. Given a candidate parametric model for a physical system and a set of experimental observations, the objective of parameter identification is to provide estimates of the parameter values for which the model can reproduce the experiments. To this end, we define a finite graph corresponding to the model, to each arc of which a set of parameters is associated. Paths in this graph are regarded as feasible only if the sets of parameters corresponding to the arcs of the path have nonempty intersection. We study feasibility and optimization problems on such feasible paths, focusing on computational complexity. We show that, under certain restrictions on the sets of parameters, some of the problems become tractable, whereas others are NP-hard. In a similar vein, we define and study some graph problems for experimental design, whose goal is to support the scientist in optimally designing new experiments.     

Dimension free estimates for discrete Riesz transforms on products of abelian groups

Let G be a lca group with a fixed g₀∈G, spanning an infinite subgroup. Let τ_j, acting on L²(Gⁿ), be translation by g_o in the jth coordinate; the discrete derivatives ∂_j=I−τ_j define a discrete Laplacian and discrete Riesz transforms . We get dimension-free estimates

     

KK-theoretic duality for proper twisted actions

Let be a smooth continuous trace algebra, with a Riemannian manifold spectrum X, equipped with a smooth action by a discrete group G such that G acts on X properly and isometrically. Then is KK-theoretically Poincaré dual to , where is the inverse of in the Brauer group of Morita equivalence classes of continuous trace algebras equipped with a group action. We deduce this from a strengthening of Kasparov’s duality theorem. As applications we obtain a version of the above Poincaré duality with X replaced by a compact G-manifold M and Poincaré dualities for twisted group algebras if the group satisfies some additional properties related to the Dirac dual-Dirac method for the Baum- Connes conjecture. This research was supported by the EU-Network Quantum Spaces and Noncommutative Geometry (Contract HPRN-CT-2002-00280) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 478) and by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant program.     

Smooth actions of finite Oliver groups on spheres

In this article, we deal with the following two questions. For smooth actions of a given finite group G on spheres S, which smooth manifolds F occur as the fixed point sets in S, and which real G-vector bundles ν over F occur as the equivariant normal bundles of F in S? We focus on the case G is an Oliver group and answer both questions under some conditions imposed on G, F, and ν. We construct smooth actions of G on spheres by making use of equivariant surgery, equivariant thickening, and Oliver's equivariant bundle extension method modified by an equivariant wegde sum construction and an equivariant bundle subtraction procedure.