A covering of k-graphs (in the sense of Pask-Quigg-Raeburn) induces an
embedding of universal C*-algebras. We show how to build a (k+1)-graph whose
universal algebra encodes this embedding. More generally we show how to realise
a direct limit of k-graph algebras under embeddings induced from coverings as
the universal algebra of a (k+1)-graph. Our main focus is on computing the
K-theory of the (k+1)-graph algebra from that of the component k-graph
algebras.
Examples of our construction include a realisation of the Kirchberg algebra
\mathcal{P}_n whose K-theory is opposite to that of \mathcal{O}_n, and a class
of AT-algebras that can naturally be regarded as higher-rank Bunce-Deddens
algebras.Comment: 44 pages, 2 figures, some diagrams drawn using picTeX. v2. A number
of typos corrected, some references updated. The statements of Theorem 6.7(2)
and Corollary 6.8 slightly reworded for clarity. v3. Some references updated;
in particular, theorem numbering of references to Evans updated to match
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