An Example of a Continuous Field of Roe Algebras

Abstract

The Roe algebra C*(X) is a noncommutative C*-algebra reflecting metric properties of a space X, and it is interesting to understand the correlation between the Roe algebra of X and the (uniform) Roe algebra of its discretization. Here, we perform a minor step in this direction in the simplest non-trivial example, namely X=R, by constructing a continuous field of C*-algebras over [0,1], with the fibers over non-zero points constituting the uniform C*-algebra of the integers, and the fibers over 0 constituting a C*-algebra related to R.