Spectral dynamics for the infinite dihedral group and the lamplighter group

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Abstract

For a tuple A=(A0,A1,⋯ ,An)A=(A_0,A_1,\cdots,A_n) of elements in a Banach algebra B\mathfrak{B}, its projective (joint) spectrum p(A)p(A) is the collection of z∈Pnz\in \mathbb{P}^n such that A(z)=z0A0+z1A1+⋯+znAnA(z)=z_0A_0+z_1A_1+\cdots+z_nA_n is not invertible. If B\mathfrak{B} is the group C∗C^*-algebra for a discrete group GG generated by A0,A1,…,AnA_0, A_1,\dots, A_n with a representation ρρ, then p(A)p(A) is an invariant of (weak) equivalence for ρρ. In \cite{BY}, B. Goldberg and R. Yang proved that the Julia set J(F)\mathcal{J}(F) of the induced rational map FF for the infinite dihedral group D∞D_\infty is the union of the projective spectrum with the extended indeterminacy set. But the extended indeterminacy set EFE_F is complicated. To obtain a better relationship between the projective spectrum and the Julia set, by replacing Aπ(z)=z0+z1π(a)+z2π(t)A_π(z)=z_0+z_1π(a)+z_2π(t) with the extended pencil Aπ(z)=z0+z1π(a)+z2π(t)+z3π(at)A_π(z)=z_0+z_1π(a)+z_2π(t)+z_3π(at), where ππ is the Koopman representation, and using the method of operator recursions, we show that p(Aπ)=J(F).p(A_π)=\mathcal{J}(F). Further, we study the spectral dynamics for the Lamplighter group L\mathcal{L}, and prove that J(Q)=EQ\mathcal{J}(Q)=E_Q, where QQ is the rational map associated with L\mathcal{L}.

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