| Abstract: | In Cuntz et al. (Math Ann 355(4):1383–1423, 2013. doi:10.1007/s00208-012-0826-9), studied the \({C^*}\)-algebra \({\mathfrak {T}R]}\) generated by the left-regular representation of the \({ax + b}\)-semigroup of a number ring R on \({\ell^2(R \rtimes R^\times)}\). They were able to describe it as a universal \({C^*}\)-algebra defined by generators and relations, and show that it has an interesting KMS-structure and that it is functorial for injective ring homomorphisms. In this paper we show that \({\mathfrak {T}R]}\) can be realized as the \({C^*}\)-envelope of the isometric semicrossed product of a certain semigroup dynamical system \({(\mathcal {A}_R, \alpha, R^\times)}\). We do this by proving that a representation of \({\mathcal {A}_R \times_\alpha^{\rm is}R^\times}\) is maximal if it is also a representation of \({\mathfrak {T}R]}\). We also show how to explicitly dilate any representation of \({\mathcal {A}_R \times_\alpha^{\rm is}R^\times}\) to a representation of \({\mathfrak {T}R]}\). |
