Crossed products and minimal dynamical systems


Abstract in English

Let $X$ be an infinite compact metric space with finite covering dimension and let $alpha, beta : Xto X$ be two minimal homeomorphisms. We prove that the crossed product $C^*$-algebras $C(X)rtimes_alphaZ$ and $C(X)rtimes_beltaZ$ are isomorphic if and only if they have isomorphic Elliott invariant. In a more general setting, we show that if $X$ is an infinite compact metric space and if $alpha: Xto X$ is a minimal homeomorphism such that $(X, alpha)$ has mean dimension zero, then the tensor product of the crossed product with a UHF-algebra of infinite type has generalized tracial rank at most one. This implies that the crossed product is in a classifiable class of amenable simple $C^*$-algebras.

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