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Simplicity of partial skew group rings with applications to Leavitt path algebras and topological dynamics

Gonçalves, Daniel ; Öinert, Johan LU and Royer, Danilo (2014) In Journal of Algebra 420. p.201-216
Abstract
Let A be a commutative and associative ring (not necessarily unital), G a group and α a partial action of G on ideals of A, all of which have local units. We show that A is maximal commutative in the partial skew group ring A*G if and only if A has the ideal intersection property in A*G. From this we derive a criterion for simplicity of A*G in terms of maximal commutativity and G-simplicity of A. We also provide two applications of our main results. First, we give a new proof of the simplicity criterion for Leavitt path algebras, as well as a new proof of the Cuntz–Krieger uniqueness theorem. Secondly, we study topological dynamics arising from partial actions on clopen subsets of a compact set.
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Partial skew group ring, Leavitt path algebra, Partial topological dynamics, Simplicity
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Journal of Algebra
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0021-8693
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10.1016/j.jalgebra.2014.07.027
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  author       = {{Gonçalves, Daniel and Öinert, Johan and Royer, Danilo}},
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  keywords     = {{Partial skew group ring; Leavitt path algebra; Partial topological dynamics; Simplicity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{201--216}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Algebra}},
  title        = {{Simplicity of partial skew group rings with applications to Leavitt path algebras and topological dynamics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2014.07.027}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jalgebra.2014.07.027}},
  volume       = {{420}},
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