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Remarks on the Pimsner-Voiculescu Embedding

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Operator Algebra and Dynamics

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Irrational extended rotation algebras are shown to be C*-alloys in the sense of Exel (C R Math Acad Sci Soc R Can (2012), arXiv:1204.0486).

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 46L05, 46L55.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 2E4

    George A. Elliott

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA

    Zhuang Niu

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    Toke M. Carlsen

  2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Søren Eilers

  3. Dept. of Science and Technology, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

    Gunnar Restorff

  4. Culture and Communication (UKK) Division of Applied Mathematics The School of Education, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

    Sergei Silvestrov

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Elliott, G.A., Niu, Z. (2013). Remarks on the Pimsner-Voiculescu Embedding. In: Carlsen, T., Eilers, S., Restorff, G., Silvestrov, S. (eds) Operator Algebra and Dynamics. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39459-1_6

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