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Starting with a vertex-weighted pointed graph $(Gamma,mu,v_0)$, we form the free loop algebra $mathcal{S}_0$ defined in Hartglass-Penneys article on canonical $rm C^*$-algebras associated to a planar algebra. Under mild conditions, $mathcal{S}_0$ is a non-nuclear simple $rm C^*$-algebra with unique tracial state. There is a canonical polynomial subalgebra $Asubset mathcal{S}_0$ together with a Dirac number operator $N$ such that $(A, L^2A,N)$ is a spectral triple. We prove the Haagerup-type bound of Ozawa-Rieffel to verify $(mathcal{S}_0, A, N)$ yields a compact quantum metric space in the sense of Rieffel. We give a weighted analog of Benjamini-Schramm convergence for vertex-weighted pointed graphs. As our $rm C^*$-algebras are non-nuclear, we adjust the Lip-norm coming from $N$ to utilize the finite dimensional filtration of $A$. We then prove that convergence of vertex-weighted pointed graphs leads to quantum Gromov-Hausdorff convergence of the associated adjusted compact quantum metric spaces. As an application, we apply our construction to the Guionnet-Jones-Shyakhtenko (GJS) $rm C^*$-algebra associated to a planar algebra. We conclude that the compact quantum metric spaces coming from the GJS $rm C^*$-algebras of many infinite families of planar algebras converge in quantum Gromov-Hausdorff distance.
We show that any quantum family of maps from a non commutative space to a compact quantum metric space has a canonical quantum semi metric structure.
We formulate a definition of isometric action of a compact quantum group (CQG) on a compact metric space, generalizing Banicas definition for finite metric spaces. For metric spaces $(X,d)$ which can be isometrically embedded in some Euclidean space, we prove the existence of a universal object in the category of the compact quantum groups acting isometrically on $(X,d)$. In fact, our existence theorem applies to a larger class, namely for any compact metric space $(X,d)$ which admits a one-to-one continuous map $f : X raro IR^n$ for some $n$ such that $d_0(f(x),f(y))=phi(d(x,y))$ (where $d_0$ is the Euclidean metric) for some homeomorphism $phi$ of $IR^+$. As concrete examples, we obtain Wangs quantum permutation group $cls_n^+$ and also the free wreath product of $IZ_2$ by $cls_n^+$ as the quantum isometry groups for certain compact connected metric spaces constructed by taking topological joins of intervals in cite{huang1}.
We prove that a compact quantum group with faithful Haar state which has a faithful action on a compact space must be a Kac algebra, with bounded antipode and the square of the antipode being identity. The main tool in proving this is the theory of ergodic quantum group action on $C^*$ algebras. Using the above fact, we also formulate a definition of isometric action of a compact quantum group on a compact metric space, generalizing the definition given by Banica for finite metric spaces, and prove for certain special class of metric spaces the existence of the universal object in the category of those compact quantum groups which act isometrically and are `bigger than the classical isometry group.
For a closed cocompact subgroup $Gamma$ of a locally compact group $G$, given a compact abelian subgroup $K$ of $G$ and a homomorphism $rho:hat{K}to G$ satisfying certain conditions, Landstad and Raeburn constructed equivariant noncommutative deformations $C^*(hat{G}/Gamma, rho)$ of the homogeneous space $G/Gamma$, generalizing Rieffels construction of quantum Heisenberg manifolds. We show that when $G$ is a Lie group and $G/Gamma$ is connected, given any norm on the Lie algebra of $G$, the seminorm on $C^*(hat{G}/Gamma, rho)$ induced by the derivation map of the canonical $G$-action defines a compact quantum metric. Furthermore, it is shown that this compact quantum metric space depends on $rho$ continuously, with respect to quantum Gromov-Hausdorff distances.
Motivated by noncommutative geometry and quantum physics, the concept of `metric operator field is introduced. Roughly speaking, a metric operator field is a vector field on a set with values in self tensor product of a bundle of C*-algebras, satisfying properties similar to an ordinary metric (distance function). It is proved that to any such object there naturally correspond a Banach *-algebra that we call Lipschitz algebra, a class of probabilistic metrics, and (under some conditions) a (nontrivial) continuous field of C*-algebras in the sense of Dixmier. It is proved that for metric operator fields with values in von Neumann algebras the associated Lipschitz algebras are dual Banach spaces, and under some conditions, they are not amenable Banach algebras. Some examples and constructions are considered. We also discuss very briefly a possible application to quantum gravity.