Pimsner introduced the C*-algebra O_X generated by a Hilbert bimodule X over a C*-algebra A. We look for additional conditions that X should satisfy in order to study simplicity and, more generally, the ideal structure of O_X when X is finite projective. We introduce two conditions: `(I)-freeness' and `(II)-freeness', stronger than the former, in analogy with [J. Cuntz, W. Krieger, Invent. Math. 56, 251-268] and [J. Cuntz, Invent. Math. 63, 25-40] respectively. (I)-freeness comprehend the case of the bimodules associated with an inclusion of simple C*-algebras with finite index, real or pseudoreal bimodules with finite dimension and the case of `Cuntz-Krieger bimodules'. If X satisfies this condition the C*-algebra O_X does not depend on the choice of the generators when A is faithfully represented. As a consequence, if X is (I)-free and A is X-simple, then O_X is simple. In the case of Cuntz-Krieger algebras, X-simplicity corresponds to irreducibility of the defining matrix. If A is simple and p.i. then O_X is p.i., if A is nonnuclear then O_X is nonnuclear. We therefore provide examples of (purely) infinite nonnuclear simple C*-algebras. Furthermore if X is (II)-free, we determine the ideal structure of O_X.

Ideal structure and simplicity of the C*-algebras generated by Hilbert bimodules / Kajiwara, T.; Pinzari, Claudia; Watatani, Y.. - In: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0022-1236. - (1998), pp. 295-322.

Ideal structure and simplicity of the C*-algebras generated by Hilbert bimodules

PINZARI, Claudia;
1998

Abstract

Pimsner introduced the C*-algebra O_X generated by a Hilbert bimodule X over a C*-algebra A. We look for additional conditions that X should satisfy in order to study simplicity and, more generally, the ideal structure of O_X when X is finite projective. We introduce two conditions: `(I)-freeness' and `(II)-freeness', stronger than the former, in analogy with [J. Cuntz, W. Krieger, Invent. Math. 56, 251-268] and [J. Cuntz, Invent. Math. 63, 25-40] respectively. (I)-freeness comprehend the case of the bimodules associated with an inclusion of simple C*-algebras with finite index, real or pseudoreal bimodules with finite dimension and the case of `Cuntz-Krieger bimodules'. If X satisfies this condition the C*-algebra O_X does not depend on the choice of the generators when A is faithfully represented. As a consequence, if X is (I)-free and A is X-simple, then O_X is simple. In the case of Cuntz-Krieger algebras, X-simplicity corresponds to irreducibility of the defining matrix. If A is simple and p.i. then O_X is p.i., if A is nonnuclear then O_X is nonnuclear. We therefore provide examples of (purely) infinite nonnuclear simple C*-algebras. Furthermore if X is (II)-free, we determine the ideal structure of O_X.
1998
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Ideal structure and simplicity of the C*-algebras generated by Hilbert bimodules / Kajiwara, T.; Pinzari, Claudia; Watatani, Y.. - In: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0022-1236. - (1998), pp. 295-322.
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