groupoid C*-dynamical system
Definition 0.1.
A C*-groupoid system or groupoid C*-dynamical systemis a triple , where: is a C*-algebra
, and is a locally compact (topological) groupoidwith a countable basis for which there exists an associated continuous
Haar system
and a continuousgroupoid (homo) morphism
definedby the assignment (from to )which is continuous for any ; moreover, one considers the norm topologyon in defining . (Definition introduced in ref. [1].)
Remark 0.1.
A groupoid C*-dynamical system can be regarded as an extension of the ordinary conceptof dynamical system. Thus, it can also be utilized to represent a quantum dynamical systemupon further specification of the C*-algebra as a von Neumann algebra
(http://planetmath.org/VonNeumannAlgebra), and also of as a quantum groupoid
(http://planetmath.org/QuantumGroupoids2); in the latter case, with additional conditions it can also simulate either quantum automata (http://planetmath.org/QuantumAutomataAndQuantumComputation2), or variable classical automata, depending on the added restrictions
(ergodicity, etc.).
References
- 1 T. Matsuda, Groupoid dynamical systems and crossed product, II-case of C*-systems.,Publ. RIMS, Kyoto Univ., 20: 959-976 (1984).