On ℤ2-indices for ground states of fermionic chains

For parity-conserving fermionic chains, we review how to associate [Formula: see text]-indices to ground states in finite systems with quadratic and higher-order interactions as well as to quasifree ground states on the infinite CAR algebra. It is shown that the [Formula: see text]-valued spectral flow provides a topological obstruction for two systems to have the same [Formula: see text]-index. A rudimentary definition of a [Formula: see text]-phase label for a class of parity-invariant and pure ground states of the one-dimensional infinite CAR algebra is also provided. Ground states with differing phase labels cannot be connected without a closing of the spectral gap of the infinite GNS Hamiltonian.

Simple nuclear C*-algebras not isomorphic to their opposites

We show that it is consistent with Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory with the axiom of choice (ZFC) that there is a simple nuclear nonseparable C∗-algebra, which is not isomorphic to its opposite algebra. We can furthermore guarantee that this example is an inductive limit of unital copies of the Cuntz algebra O2 or of the canonical anticommutation relations (CAR) algebra.

Nonseparable Uhf Algebras Ii: Classification

For every uncountable cardinal $\kappa$ there are $2^\kappa$ nonisomorphic simple AF algebras of density character $\kappa$ and $2^\kappa$ nonisomorphic hyperfinite ${\rm II}_1$ factors of density character $\kappa$. These estimates are maximal possible. All C*-algebras that we construct have the same Elliott invariant and Cuntz semigroup as the CAR algebra.

The Linear Span of Projections in AH Algebras and for Inclusions ofC*-Algebras

In the first part of this paper, we show that an AH algebraA=lim→(Ai,ϕi)has the LP property if and only if every element of the centre ofAibelongs to the closure of the linear span of projections inA. As a consequence, a diagonal AH-algebra has the LP property if it has small eigenvalue variation in the sense of Bratteli and Elliott. The second contribution of this paper is that for an inclusion of unitalC*-algebrasP⊂Awith a finite Watatani index, if a faithful conditional expectationE:A→Phas the Rokhlin property in the sense of Kodaka et al., thenPhas the LP property under the condition thatAhas the LP property. As an application, letAbe a simple unitalC*-algebra with the LP property,αan action of a finite groupGontoAut(A). Ifαhas the Rokhlin property in the sense of Izumi, then the fixed point algebraAGand the crossed product algebraA ⋊α Ghave the LP property. We also point out that there is a symmetry on the CAR algebra such that its fixed point algebra does not have the LP property.