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A discrete group is said to be C*-simple if its reduced C*-algebra is simple, and is said to have the unique trace property if its reduced C*-algebra has a unique tracial state. A dynamical characterization of C*-simplicity was recently obtained by the second and third named authors. In this paper, we introduce new methods for working with group and crossed product C*-algebras that allow us to take the study of C*-simplicity a step further, and in addition to settle the longstanding open problem of characterizing groups with the unique trace property. We give a new and self-contained proof of the aforementioned characterization of C*-simplicity. This yields a new characterization of C*-simplicity in terms of the weak containment of quasi-regular representations. We introduce a convenient algebraic condition that implies C*-simplicity, and show that this condition is satisfied by a vast class of groups, encompassing virtually all previously known examples as well as many new ones. We also settle a question of Skandalis and de la Harpe on the simplicity of reduced crossed products. Finally, we introduce a new property for discrete groups that is closely related to C*-simplicity, and use it to prove a broad generalization of a theorem of Zimmer, originally conjectured by Connes and Sullivan, about amenable actions.
Breuillard, Emmanuel 1 ; Kalantar, Mehrdad 2 ; Kennedy, Matthew 3 ; Ozawa, Narutaka 4
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title = {C*-simplicity and the unique trace property for discrete groups},
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pages = {35--71},
publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},
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volume = {126},
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Breuillard, Emmanuel; Kalantar, Mehrdad; Kennedy, Matthew; Ozawa, Narutaka. C*-simplicity and the unique trace property for discrete groups. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 126 (2017), pp. 35-71. doi: 10.1007/s10240-017-0091-2
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