Classification of irreversible and reversible Pimsner operator algebras

Dor-On, Adam; Eilers, Søren; Geffen, Shirly

Abstract

Since their inception in the 1930s by von Neumann, operator algebras have been used to shed light on many mathematical theories. Classification results for self-adjoint and non-self-adjoint operator algebras manifest this approach, but a clear connection between the two has been sought since their emergence in the late 1960s. We connect these seemingly separate types of results by uncovering a hierarchy of classification for non-self-adjoint operator algebras and C*-algebras with additional C*-algebraic structure. Our approach naturally applies to algebras arising from C*-correspondences to resolve self-adjoint and non-self-adjoint isomorphism problems in the literature. We apply our strategy to completely elucidate this newly found hierarchy for operator algebras arising from directed graphs.