Quantum spheres and projective spaces as graph algebras. (English) Zbl 1015.81029
Summary: The \(C^\ast\)-algebras of continuous functions on quantum spheres, quantum real projective spaces, and quantum complex projective spaces are realized as Cuntz-Krieger algebras corresponding to suitable directed graphs. Structural results about these quantum spaces, especially about their ideals and \(K\)-theory, are then derived from the general theory of graph algebras. It is shown that the quantum even and odd dimensional spheres are produced by repeated application of a quantum double suspension to two points and the circle, respectively.
MSC:
81R05 | Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations |
46L80 | \(K\)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) |
46L87 | Noncommutative differential geometry |