Year
2015
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics
Recommended Citation
Hawkins, Mitchell Richard, Applications of compact topological graph c*-algebras to noncommutative solenoids, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, 2015. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4567
Abstract
We study the KMS states of the Toeplitz extension of the noncommutative solenoids introduced by Latremoliere and Packer. We demonstrate that noncommutative solenoids cannot be constructed as a direct limit of C*-algebras arising from inverse sequences of topological graphs associated to local homeomorphisms of T. We employ a different approach, utilizing a topological analogue of higher power graphs and Katsura's factor maps to obtain a noncommutative solenoid as a direct limit of topological graph algebras. This approach is compatible with the Toeplitz algebra of topological graphs, and enables us to define a Toeplitz extension of each noncommutative solenoid.
We expand on the results of KMS states of finite-graph Toeplitz-algebras, developing analagous results for the Toeplitz algebras of compact topological graphs. This is done with the aim of understanding the KMS states of noncommutative solenoids. The final chapter of the thesis deals with an attempt to characterise the KMS states of Toeplitz noncommutative solenoids, under a positivity assumption. We conclude with the conjecture that these KMS states are unique for β > 0.
FoR codes (2008)
010108 Operator Algebras and Functional Analysis
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.