Mathematics – Operator Algebras
Scientific paper
2004-10-13
Mathematics
Operator Algebras
Scientific paper
We associate a canonical Hecke pair of semidirect product groups to the ring inclusion of the algebraic integers $\oo$ in a number field $\kk$, and we construct a C*-dynamical system on the corresponding Hecke C*-algebra, analogous to the one constructed by Bost and Connes for the inclusion of the integers in the rational numbers. We describe the structure of the resulting Hecke C*-algebra as a semigroup crossed product and then, in the case of class number one, analyze the equilibrium (KMS) states of the dynamical system. The extreme KMS$_\beta$ states at low-temperature exhibit a phase transition with symmetry breaking that strongly suggests a connection with class field theory. Indeed, for purely imaginary fields of class number one, the group of symmetries, which acts freely and transitively on the extreme KMS$_\infty$ states, is isomorphic to the Galois group of the maximal abelian extension over the field. However, the Galois action on the restrictions of extreme KMS$_\infty$ states to the (arithmetic) Hecke algebra over $\kk$, as given by class-field theory, corresponds to the action of the symmetry group if and only if the number field $\kk$ is $\Q$.
Frankenhuijsen Machiel van
Laca Marcelo
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