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C*-algebras associated with endomorphisms and polymorphisms of compact abelian groups
A surjective endomorphism or, more generally, a polymorphism in the sense of
\cite{SV}, of a compact abelian group induces a transformation of .
We study the C*-algebra generated by this operator together with the algebra of
continuous functions which acts as multiplication operators on .
Under a natural condition on the endo- or polymorphism, this algebra is simple
and can be described by generators and relations. In the case of an
endomorphism it is always purely infinite, while for a polymorphism in the
class we consider, it is either purely infinite or has a unique trace. We prove
a formula allowing to determine the -theory of these algebras and use it to
compute the -groups in a number of interesting examples.Comment: 25 page