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Homogeneous C*-algebras whose spectra are tori

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Shaun Disney
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics University of New South WalesP. O. Box 1 Kensington, N.S.W. 2033, Australia
Iain Raeburn
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics University of New South WalesP. O. Box 1 Kensington, N.S.W. 2033, Australia
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Abstract

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By a theorem of Fell and Tomiyama-Takesaki, an N-homogeneous C*-algebra with spectrum X has the form Γ(E) for some bundle E over X with fibre MN(C), and its isomorphism class is determined by that of E and its pull-backs f*E along homeomorphisms f of X. We describe the homogeneous C*-algebras with spectrum T2 or T3 by classifying the MN-bundles over Tk using elementary homotopy theory. We then use our results to determine the isomorphism classes of a variety of transformation group C*-algebras, twisted group C*-algebras and more general crossed products.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1985

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