Let G be a finite group acting by automorphism on a lattice A, and hence on the group algebra S = k[A]. The algebra of G-invariants in S is called an algebra of multiplicative invariants. We investigate when algebras of multiplicative invariants are semigroup algebras. In particular, we present an explicit version of a result of Farkas stating that multiplicative invariants of finite reflection...

This paper explores the following regularity properties and their relationships for simple, not-necessarily-unital C∗algebras: (i) Jiang-Su stability, (ii) unperforation in the Cuntz semigroup, and (iii) slow dimension growth (applying only in the case that the C∗-algebra is approximately subhomogeneous). An example is given of a simple, separable, nuclear, stably projectionless C∗-algebra whos...

This paper studies algebras of operators associated to a semigroup algebra. The ring of differential operators is shown to be anti-isomorphic to the symmetry algebra and both are described explicitly in terms of the semigroup. As an application, we produce a criterion to determine the equivalence of A-hypergeometric systems. Conditions under which associated algebras are finitely generated are ...

Let R be a commutative ring and S a finite locally inverse semigroup. It is proved that the semigroup algebra R S is isomorphic to the direct product of Munn algebras M R GJ , mJ , nJ ;PJ with J ∈ S/J, where mJ is the number of R-classes in J , nJ the number of L-classes in J , and GJ a maximum subgroup of J . As applications, we obtain the sufficient and necessary conditions for the semigroup ...

Denote by (R, ·) the multiplicative semigroup of an associative algebra R over an infinite field, and let (R, ◦) represent R when viewed as a semigroup via the circle operation x ◦ y = x + y + xy. In this paper we characterize the existence of an identity in these semigroups in terms of the Lie structure of R. Namely, we prove that the following conditions on R are equivalent: the semigroup (R,...

The cone of lower semicontinuous traces is studied with a view to its use as an invariant. Its properties include compactness, Hausdorffness, and continuity with respect to inductive limits. A suitable notion of dual cone is given. The cone of lower semicontinuous 2-quasitraces on a (non-exact) C*-algebra is considered as well. These results are applied to the study of the Cuntz semigroup. It i...

This is a survey paper on algorithms that have been developed during the last 25 years for the explicit computation of the structure of an associative algebra of finite dimension over either a finite field or an algebraic number field. This constructive approach was initiated in 1985 by Friedl and Rónyai and has since been developed by Cohen, de Graaf, Eberly, Giesbrecht, Ivanyos, Küronya and W...

Many important C∗-algebras, such as AF-algebras, Cuntz-Krieger algebras, graph algebras and foliation C∗-algebras, are the C∗-algebras of r-discrete groupoids. These C∗-algebras are often associated with inverse semigroups through the C∗-algebra of the inverse semigroup [HR90] or through a crossed product construction as in Kumjian’s localization [Kum84]. Nica [Nic94] connects groupoid C∗-algeb...

Inspired by the results of [APR], we propose combinatorial Gelfand models for semigroup algebras of some finite semigroups, which include the symmetric inverse semigroup, the dual symmetric inverse semigroup, the maximal factorizable subsemigroup in the dual symmetric inverse semigroup, and the factor power of the symmetric group. Furthermore we extend the Gelfand model for the semigroup algebr...