Some groups whose reduced C * -algebra is simple

M. Bekka; M. Cowling; P. de La Harpe

Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS (1994)

  • Volume: 80, page 117-134
  • ISSN: 0073-8301

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Bekka, M., Cowling, M., and La Harpe, P. de. "Some groups whose reduced $C^*$-algebra is simple." Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS 80 (1994): 117-134. <http://eudml.org/doc/104098>.

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author = {Bekka, M., Cowling, M., La Harpe, P. de},
journal = {Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS},
keywords = {locally compact groups; reduced -algebra; discrete group; connected real semisimple Lie group; lattice; Zariski dense subgroup; Borel's density theorem; connected semisimple algebraic group; group of -rational points; reduced crossed product -algebras; simplicity},
language = {eng},
pages = {117-134},
publisher = {Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques},
title = {Some groups whose reduced $C^*$-algebra is simple},
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volume = {80},
year = {1994},
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