All finite transitive graphs admit a self-adjoint free semigroupoid algebra

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper we show that every non-cycle finite transitive directed graph has a Cuntz–Krieger family whose WOT-closed algebra is $B(\mathcal {H})$. This is accomplished through a new construction that reduces this problem to in-degree 2-regular graphs, which is then treated by applying the periodic Road Colouring Theorem of Béal and Perrin. As a consequence we show that finite disjoint unions of finite transitive directed graphs are exactly those finite graphs which admit self-adjoint free semigroupoid algebras.