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Consider a minimal free topological dynamical system $(X, T, mathbb{Z}^d)$. It is shown that the comparison radius of the crossed product C*-algebra $mathrm{C}(X) rtimes mathbb{Z}^d$ is at most the half of the mean topological dimension of $(X, T, mathbb{Z}^d)$. As a consequence, the C*-algebra $mathrm{C}(X) rtimes mathbb{Z}^d$ is classifiable if $(X, T, mathbb{Z}^d)$ has zero mean dimension.
Let $(X, Gamma)$ be a free minimal dynamical system, where $X$ is a compact separable Hausdorff space and $Gamma$ is a discrete amenable group. It is shown that, if $(X, Gamma)$ has a version of Rokhlin property (uniform Rokhlin property) and if $mathrm{C}(X)rtimesGamma$ has a Cuntz comparison on open sets, then the comparison radius of the crossed product C*-algebra $mathrm{C}(X) rtimes Gamma$ is at most half of the mean topological dimension of $(X, Gamma)$. These two conditions are shown to be satisfied if $Gamma = mathbb Z$ or if $(X, Gamma)$ is an extension of a free Cantor system and $Gamma$ has subexponential growth. The main tools being used are Cuntz comparison of diagonal elements of a subhomogeneous C*-algebra and small subgroupoids.
Consider an arbitrary extension of a free $mathbb Z^d$-action on the Cantor set. It is shown that it has dynamical asymptotic dimension at most $3^d - 1$.
We study directional mean dimension of $mathbb{Z}^k$-actions (where $k$ is a positive integer). On the one hand, we show that there is a $mathbb{Z}^2$-action whose directional mean dimension (considered as a $[0,+infty]$-valued function on the torus) is not continuous. On the other hand, we prove that if a $mathbb{Z}^k$-action is continuum-wise expansive, then the values of its $(k-1)$-dimensional directional mean dimension are bounded. This is a generalization (with a view towards Meyerovitch and Tsukamotos theorem on mean dimension and expansive multiparameter actions) of a classical result due to Ma~ne: Any compact metrizable space admitting an expansive homeomorphism (with respect to a compatible metric) is finite-dimensional.
We refine two results in the paper entitled ``Sofic mean dimension by Hanfeng Li, improving two inequalities with two equalities, respectively, for sofic mean dimension of typical actions. On the one hand, we study sofic mean dimension of full shifts, for which, Li provided an upper bound which however is not optimal. We prove a more delicate estimate from above, which is optimal for sofic mean dimension of full shifts over arbitrary alphabets (i.e. compact metrizable spaces). Our refinement, together with the techniques (in relation to an estimate from below) in the paper entitled ``Mean dimension of full shifts by Masaki Tsukamoto, eventually allows us to get the exact value of sofic mean dimension of full shifts over any finite dimensional compact metrizable spaces. On the other hand, we investigate finite group actions. In contrast to the case that the acting group is infinite (and amenable), Li showed that if a finite group acts continuously on a finite dimensional compact metrizable space, then sofic mean dimension may be different from (strictly less than) the classical (i.e. amenable) mean dimension (an explicitly known value in this case). We strengthen this result by proving a sharp lower bound, which, combining with the upper bound, gives the exact value of sofic mean dimension for all the actions of finite groups on finite dimensional compact metrizable spaces. Furthermore, this equality leads to a satisfactory comparison theorem for those actions, deciding when sofic mean dimension would coincide with classical mean dimension. Moreover, our two results, in particular, verify for a typical class of sofic group actions that sofic mean dimension does not depend on sofic approximation sequences.
In this paper, we establish a connection between Rokhlin dimension and the absorption of certain model actions on strongly self-absorbing C*-algebras. Namely, as to be made precise in the paper, let $G$ be a well-behaved locally compact group. If $mathcal D$ is a strongly self-absorbing C*-algebra, and $alpha: Gcurvearrowright A$ is an action on a separable, $mathcal D$-absorbing C*-algebra that has finite Rokhlin dimension with commuting towers, then $alpha$ tensorially absorbs every semi-strongly self-absorbing $G$-actions on $mathcal D$. This contains several existing results of similar nature as special cases. We will in fact prove a more general version of this theorem, which is intended for use in subsequent work. We will then discuss some non-trivial applications. Most notably it is shown that for any $kgeq 1$ and on any strongly self-absorbing Kirchberg algebra, there exists a unique $mathbb R^k$-action having finite Rokhlin dimension with commuting towers up to (very strong) cocycle conjugacy.