Type: Article
Publication Date: 1981-12-01
Citations: 26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1981.97.461
Recent results of Edward G. Effros and the author show that if a dimension group is simple, totally ordered and with underlying group Z n , then we can construct explicitly an AF C*-algebra with the given group as its K o by using the Jacobi-Perron algorithm.While the Jacobi-Perron algorithm breaks down for nontotally ordered groups, we study the construction problem via the consideration of automorphisms of the dimension group.We find the necessary and sufficient condition for a nontotally ordered simple dimension group (Z 3 , P a , a ,β)) being stationary is that both a and β lie in the same quadratic number field.We also provide an explicit method for constructing Bratteli diagrams (and hence corresponding AF C*-algebras) for this type of groups.