On the stable rank of simple C*-algebras

Villadsen, Jesper

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-99-00314-8

On the stable rank of simple C*-algebras
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by Jesper Villadsen

J. Amer. Math. Soc. 12 (1999), 1091-1102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-99-00314-8

Published electronically: June 15, 1999

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Abstract:

It is shown that there exists a simple, finite C*-algebra whose topological (or Bass) stable rank is any given natural number or $\infty$.

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