Open AccessOn the Simplicity of some Cuntz-Pimsner Algebras
Author(s) -
Paul S. Muhly,
Baruch Solel
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
mathematica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1903-1807
pISSN - 0025-5521
DOI - 10.7146/math.scand.a-13842
Subject(s) - mathematics , simplicity , simple (philosophy) , algebra over a field , pure mathematics , epistemology , philosophy
Conditions are given on a $C^*$-correspondence $E$ over a $C^*$-algebra that guarantee that the associated Cuntz-Pimsner algebra $\mathscr{O} (E)$ is simple. Our findings generalize earlier results of Cuntz[5], Paschke [14], and Boyd, Keswani and Raeburn [2].