Irreducible representations of groupoid 𝐶*-algebras

Ionescu, Marius; Williams, Dana

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09782-7

Irreducible representations of groupoid $C^*$-algebras
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by Marius Ionescu and Dana P. Williams

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 1323-1332

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09782-7

Published electronically: December 4, 2008

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Abstract:

If $G$ is a second countable locally compact Hausdorff groupoid with Haar system, we show that every representation induced from an irreducible representation of a stability group is irreducible.

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