Homotopy type of the unitary group of the uniform Roe algebra on $mathbb{Z}^n$


Abstract in English

We study the homotopy type of the space of the unitary group $operatorname{U}_1(C^ast_u(|mathbb{Z}^n|))$ of the uniform Roe algebra $C^ast_u(|mathbb{Z}^n|)$ of $mathbb{Z}^n$. We show that the stabilizing map $operatorname{U}_1(C^ast_u(|mathbb{Z}^n|))tooperatorname{U}_infty(C^ast_u(|mathbb{Z}^n|))$ is a homotopy equivalence. Moreover, when $n=1,2$, we determine the homotopy type of $operatorname{U}_1(C^ast_u(|mathbb{Z}^n|))$, which is the product of the unitary group $operatorname{U}_1(C^ast(|mathbb{Z}^n|))$ (having the homotopy type of $operatorname{U}_infty(mathbb{C})$ or $mathbb{Z}times Boperatorname{U}_infty(mathbb{C})$ depending on the parity of $n$) of the Roe algebra $C^ast(|mathbb{Z}^n|)$ and rational Eilenberg--MacLane spaces.

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