On the Morita Equivalence of Tensor Algebras

We develop a notion of Morita equivalence for general C^*-correspondencesover C^*-algebras. We show that if two correspondences are Moritaequivalent, then the tensor algebras built from them are stronglyMorita equivalent in the sense developed by Blecher, Muhly andPaulsen. Also, the Toeplitz algebras are strongly Morita equivalentin the sense of Rieffel, as are the Cuntz–Pimsner algebras.Conversely, if the tensor algebras are strongly Morita equivalent,and if the correspondences are aperiodic in a fashion that generalizesthe notion of aperiodicity for automorphisms of C^*-algebras,then the correspondences are Morita equivalent. This generalizesa venerated theorem of Arveson on algebraic conjugacy invariantsfor ergodic, measure-preserving transformations. The notionof aperiodicity, which also generalizes the concept of fullConnes spectrum for automorphisms, is explored; its role inthe ideal theory of tensor algebras and in the theory of theirautomorphisms is investigated. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification:46H10, 46H20, 46H99, 46M99, 47D15, 47D25.     

Strong shift equivalence of <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-correspondences

We define a notion of strong shift equivalence for C*-correspondences and show that strong shift equivalent C*-correspondences have strongly Morita equivalent Cuntz-Pimsner algebras. Our analysis extends the fact that strong shift equivalent square matrices with non-negative integer entries give stably isomorphic Cuntz-Krieger algebras. The first author was supported by NSF Grant DMS-0355443. The third author was supported by NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship DMS-0201960.     

A Morita theorem for dual operator algebras

We prove that two dual operator algebras are weak^∗ Morita equivalent in the sense of [D.P. Blecher, U. Kashyap, Morita equivalence of dual operator algebras, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 212 (2008) 2401-2412] if and only if they have equivalent categories of dual operator modules via completely contractive functors which are also weak^∗-continuous on appropriate morphism spaces. Moreover, in a fashion similar to the operator algebra case, we characterize such functors as the module normal Haagerup tensor product with an appropriate weak^∗ Morita equivalence bimodule. We also develop the theory of the W^∗-dilation, which connects the non-selfadjoint dual operator algebra with the W^∗-algebraic framework. In the case of weak^∗ Morita equivalence, this W^∗-dilation is a W^∗-module over a von Neumann algebra generated by the non-selfadjoint dual operator algebra. The theory of the W^∗-dilation is a key part of the proof of our main theorem.     

Morita theory in deformation quantization

Various aspects of Morita theory of deformed algebras and in particular of star product algebras on general Poisson manifolds are discussed. We relate the three flavours ring-theoretic Morita equivalence, *-Morita equivalence, and strong Morita equivalence and exemplify their properties for star product algebras. The complete classification of Morita equivalent star products on general Poisson manifolds is discussed as well as the complete classification of covariantly Morita equivalent star products on a symplectic manifold with respect to some Lie algebra action preserving a connection.     

Crossed Products of pro-C*-Algebras and Morita Equivalence

We introduce the notion of strong Morita equivalence for group actions on pro-C* -algebras and prove that the crossed products associated with two strongly Morita equivalent continuous inverse limit actions of a locally compact group G on the pro-C* -algebras A and B are strongly Morita equivalent. This generalizes a result of F. Combes [2] and R.E. Curto, P.S. Muhly, D.P. Williams [3]. This research was supported by CEEX grant-code PR-D11-PT00-48/2005 from The Romanian Ministry of Education and Research.     

Mauldin-Williams graphs, Morita equivalence and isomorphisms

We describe a method for associating some non-self-adjoint algebras to Mauldin-Williams graphs and we study the Morita equivalence and isomorphism of these algebras.

We also investigate the relationship between the Morita equivalence and isomorphism class of the -correspondences associated with Mauldin-Williams graphs and the dynamical properties of the Mauldin-Williams graphs.

     

Functoriality of the Bimodule Associated to a Hilsum–Skandalis Map

We extend the functoriality of the Connes convolution algebra to the category of Hilsum–Skandalis maps between separated smooth étale groupoids. Thereby we establish that Morita equivalent separated smooth étale groupoids have Morita equivalent convolution algebras, analogously to the results of Muhly, Renault and Williams, and others, on the C^*algebras of Morita equivalent groupoids.     

Morita Equivalence for Rings with Involution

We develop the theory of Morita equivalence for rings with involution, and we show the corresponding fundamental representation theorem. In order to allow applications to operator algebras, we work within the class of idempotent nondegenerate rings. We also prove that two commutative rings with involution are Morita *-equivalent if and only if they are *-isomorphic.     

Fell bundles over groupoids

We study the C*-algebras associated to Fell bundles over groupoids and give a notion of equivalence for Fell bundles which guarantees that the associated C*-algebras are strongly Morita equivalent. As a corollary we show that any saturated Fell bundle is equivalent to a semi-direct product arising from the action of the groupoid on a C*-bundle.

     

Morita Equivalence of Operator Algebras and Their C*-Envelopes

If two operator algebras A and B are strongly Morita equivalent(in the sense of [5]), then their C*-envelopes C*(A) and C*(B)are strongly Morita equivalent (in the usual C*-algebraic sensedue to Rieffel). Moreover, if Y is an equivalence bimodule fora (strong) Morita equivalence of A and B, then the operation,Y_hA–, of tensoring with Y, gives a bijection between theboundary representations of C*(A) for A and the boundary representationsof C*(B) for B. Thus the ‘noncommutative Choquet boundaries’of Morita equivalent A and B are the same. Other important objectsassociated with an operator algebra are also shown to be preservedby Morita equivalence, such as boundary ideals, the Shilov boundaryideal, Arveson's property of admissability, and the latticeof C*-algebras generated by an operator algebra. 1991 MathematicsSubject Classification 47D25, 46L05, 46M99, 16D90.     

Morita equivalence of dual operator algebras

We consider notions of Morita equivalence appropriate to weak* closed algebras of Hilbert space operators. We obtain new variants, appropriate to the dual algebra setting, of the basic theory of strong Morita equivalence, and new nonselfadjoint analogues of aspects of Rieffel’s W^∗-algebraic Morita equivalence.     

C*-bialgebra Defined as the Direct Sum of UHF Algebras

Let 𝒜₀(*) denote the direct sum of a certain set of uniformly hyperfinite (UHF) algebras, and let 𝒜(*) ≡ C ⊕ 𝒜₀(*). We introduce a non-cocommutative comultiplication Δ_? on 𝒜(*), and give an example of comodule-C*-algebra of the C*-bialgebra (𝒜(*), Δ_?). With respect to Δ_?, we define a nonsymmetric tensor product of *-representations of UHF algebras and show tensor product formulas of Gel'fand–Na\u?mark–Segal (GNS) representations by product states.     

Homotopy, Δ-equivalence and concordance for knots in the complement of a trivial link

Link-homotopy and self Δ-equivalence are equivalence relations on links. It was shown by J. Milnor (resp. the last author) that Milnor invariants determine whether or not a link is link-homotopic (resp. self Δ-equivalent) to a trivial link. We study link-homotopy and self Δ-equivalence on a certain component of a link with fixing the other components, in other words, homotopy and Δ-equivalence of knots in the complement of a certain link. We show that Milnor invariants determine whether a knot in the complement of a trivial link is null-homotopic, and give a sufficient condition for such a knot to be Δ-equivalent to the trivial knot. We also give a sufficient condition for knots in the complements of the trivial knot to be equivalent up to Δ-equivalence and concordance.     

Active lattices determine AW*-algebras

We prove that operator algebras that have enough projections are completely determined by those projections, their symmetries, and the action of the latter on the former. This includes all von Neumann algebras and all AW*-algebras. We introduce active lattices, which are formed from these three ingredients. More generally, we prove that the category of AW*-algebras is equivalent to a full subcategory of active lattices. Crucial ingredients are an equivalence between the category of piecewise AW*-algebras and that of piecewise complete Boolean algebras, and a refinement of the piecewise algebra structure of an AW*-algebra that enables recovering its total structure.     

A note on stable equivalences of Morita type

We investigate when an exact functor --Γ which induces a stable equivalence is part of a stable equivalence of Morita type. If Λ and Γ are finite dimensional algebras over a field k whose semisimple quotients are separable, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for this to be the case. This generalizes a result of Rickard’s for self-injective algebras. As a corollary, we see that the two functors given by tensoring with the bimodules in a stable equivalence of Morita type are right and left adjoints of one another, provided that these bimodules are indecomposable. This fact has many interesting consequences for stable equivalences of Morita type. In particular, we show that a stable equivalence of Morita type induces another stable equivalence of Morita type between certain self-injective algebras associated to the original algebras. We further show that when there exists a stable equivalence of Morita type between Λ and Γ, it is possible to replace Λ by a Morita equivalent k-algebra Δ such that Γ is a subring of Δ and the induction and restriction functors induce inverse stable equivalences.     

A note on the gauge invariant uniqueness theorem for C*-correspondences

We present a short proof of the gauge invariant uniqueness theorem for relative Cuntz–Pimsner algebras of C*-correspondences.     

Context equivalence of semigroups

Two semigroups are called strongly Morita equivalent if they are contained in a Morita context with unitary bi-acts and surjective mappings. We consider the notion of context equivalence which is obtained from the notion of strong Morita equivalence by dropping the requirement of unitariness. We show that context equivalence is an equivalence relation on the class of factorisable semigroups and describe factorisable semigroups that are context equivalent to monoids or groups, and semigroups with weak local units that are context equivalent to inverse semigroups, orthodox semigroups or semilattices.     

Morita invariants for semigroups with local units

In this paper we study Morita invariants for strongly Morita equivalent semigroups with local units of various kinds. Among others we prove that, under a certain condition of this kind, congruence lattices are preserved by strong Morita equivalence.     

Morita invariants for semigroups with local units

In this paper we study Morita invariants for strongly Morita equivalent semigroups with local units of various kinds. Among others we prove that, under a certain condition of this kind, congruence lattices are preserved by strong Morita equivalence.     

Constructions of stable equivalences of Morita type for finite dimensional algebras II

Suppose k is a field. Let A and B be two finite dimensional k-algebras such that there is a stable equivalence of Morita type between A and B. In this paper, we prove that (1) if A and B are representation-finite then their Auslander algebras are stably equivalent of Morita type; (2) The n-th Hochschild homology groups of A and B are isomorphic for all n≥1. A new proof is also provided for Hochschild cohomology groups of self-injective algebras under a stable equivalence of Morita type.