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Free-product groups, Cuntz-Krieger algebras, and covariant maps. (English) Zbl 0769.46044

Summary: A construction is given relating a finitely generated free-product of cyclic groups with a certain Cuntz-Krieger algebra, generalizing the relation between the Choi algebra and \({\mathcal O}_ 2\). It is shown that a certain boundary action of such a group yields a Cuntz-Krieger algebra by the crossed-product construction. Certain compact convex spaces of completely positive mappings associated to a crossed-product algebra are introduced. These are used to generalize a problem of J. Anderson regarding the representation theory of the Choi algebra. An explicit computation of these spaces for the crossed-products under study yields a negative answer to this problem.

MSC:

46L55 Noncommutative dynamical systems
22D25 \(C^*\)-algebras and \(W^*\)-algebras in relation to group representations
22D10 Unitary representations of locally compact groups
28D99 Measure-theoretic ergodic theory
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