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We show that Cuntz-type algebras O n, k, n ≥ k ≥ 2, and O n, k + 1/2, n ≥ 4, k ≥ 2, are *-wild (this implies that the description of all *-representations of these algebras is a very complicated problem).
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Serhienko, U.O. On Representations of C*-Algebras On, α of the Cuntz Type. Ukrainian Mathematical Journal 54, 171–175 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019762123884
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019762123884