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Extensions of Groups and Simple C*-Algebras

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Linear Operators in Function Spaces

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Since Powers ([9]) proved that the reduced C*-algebra of the free group on two generators C *r (F2) is simple with unique trace, several other classes consisting of discrete groups G such that C *r (G) is simple with unique trace have been produced (see e.g. [1], [4]).

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  1. Department of Mathematics, INCREST, Bdul Păcii 220, 79622, Bucharest, Romania

    Florin Boca & Viorel Nit̹ică

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Boca, F., Nit̹ică, V. (1990). Extensions of Groups and Simple C*-Algebras. In: Helson, H., Sz.-Nagy, B., Vasilescu, FH., Arsene, G. (eds) Linear Operators in Function Spaces. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, vol 43. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7250-8_7

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